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That everyone.is looking forward to the past.
That even Spain has dispensed with liquid-fuel rationing.
That the Michelin tyre-mileage rate for trolleybuses has been reduced.
That setting fire to trams is one of the most popular pastimes in India.
That Celerbrite' is a vehicle polish and has nothing to do with cellars That bell pull cords are to replace push buttons on many of London's new buses.
That Guildford must take the cake for its bewildering number of bus starting points.
That a leader of the biscuit industry thinks that the nationalization of transport is crackers. That over 25,500' A.E.C. 7.7-litre six-cylindered oil engines have been produced in nine years.
That those who want "money for jam" may eventually find themselves in a jam for money.
Of a weary bus passenger who says that if he stands much longer he will turn into an angel.
That the parking of vast numbers of coaches is a headache to the authorities at many seaside pleasure resorts.
That telephone service between 2-8 p.m. daily has been reopened with Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
That only the textile shortage is preventing the Government from issuing brown shirts to its supporters. .
That our headline, "Lorries 'Move Repair Shop Across Europe," provoked a reader to comment —"and vice versa."
That "as soon as labour and materials become available" becomes the tombstone inscription of many a hopeful plan.
That the country' bread roundsmen's "BU" headache would be a thousand times worse if there were no mechanical transport.
That a couple of entertainment coaches on excursion trains form part of the latest attempts of one British railway to attract traffic.
That there is a great contrast between the exposed driving position in the old hansom cab and the handsome cab accommodation now afforded to most drivers.
That the frequency and vigour with which the Indians destroy 'their own property should assure British manufacturers of a rich export market for many years to come.