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Complaints of too many fool controllers and not enough fool-control.
Of someone asking "Hasn't even Germany discovered a use for old razor blades?"
That even Ford's Dagenham.sintering plant might turn up its nose at them.
That nobody begrudges the comfortable modern vehicles to those for whose needs they have been commandeered. 0 That the old buses now pressed into service on some country routes bring home to us how greatly body design has improved in recent years". That all roads and bridges are assuming a new significance.
That, in some quarters, light metals are still a heavy subject and that they, may get heavier before long.
That the best way to reclaim lubricating oil on a big scale is by distillation and treatment by acid and alkali. 0 Of a suggestion that taxi drivers over the age limit for military duties should be conscripted for ambulance service.
That the chief engineer of an important roadtransport concern in the north is fast becoming a leading authority on producer gas.
"Go to it and stick to it!"
Of a big call going forth for women conductors.
That workmen's Sunday fares are a great boon.
Of some transport rumours that want treating like many others.
That there are vehicles which spend their working day at lip-andrun.
That not all municipalities are finding it necessary to increase bus fares.
A cry for the removal of more tram rails to support the national salvage effort.
That the motor vehicle, once cursed for its noise, is now anathematized for its silence: