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6th May 1955, Page 71
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of a schoolboy's comment on an A.P.V. advertisement: " Wouldn't it be wizard if they got all those things mixed up in one tank!"

Of car owners reminding bus companies that it was mainly war-time shortage of cars plus petrol rationing that gave them extra custom.

That Mr. Gresham Cooke, M.P., must have been amused to learn from Tribune that he was formerly 44.•the director of the Motor Trade Association, one of the tightest price rings in the country."

That he was, of course, director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

According to Shell Research, oil means brainwork.

That " weIl-oiled " brains do not always seem to indicate this.

Of a reader who thought that " flatting " meant living in community fashion.

That wages up must mean production up, otherwise they lead to prices up and sales down.

That in the American oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measure equal to 42 gallons.

That the Tecalemit self-reeling hose has nothing to do with stockings which roll automatically.

That the many advertised cures for the smoking habit would not benefit a badly maintained oiler.


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