One Hears— "
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Of tramway schedules that necessitate speeding.
That beauty at line and finish now appeal as strongly to the commercial operator as to the privatecar owner.
That, in the opinion of many knowledgeable drivers, too many restrictions will add to accidents by causing excessive nervousness.
That the withdrawal of road transport would prove the railways unable to bear the burden of modern transport.
Of a hint of Cabinet changes that may affect the Ministry of Transport.
That the results of Price-cutting competitions sometimes surprise the originators.
Of insidious transport propaganda in. certain national dailies that has a strong railway flavour.
That, at last, the reduction of railway level crossings seems to be going beyond the rumour stage. Of readers expressing approval of the wireless talks "by hauliers for hauliers" suggested in our correspondence columns. _ That road transport has always had far too little opportunity of putting its case before the public.
That only by the co-operation of all road interests will the menace of government by regulation be fought to a satisfactory conclusion.
That road tankers holding 2,000-3,000 gallons of milk are filled at farms, travel by rail and road to destinations, and are emptied by syphoning.
The query : "What will the Minister give us for Christmas? "
The answer is: "Perhaps. another Pandora's Box of regulations."
01 interesting possibilities in tipping-gear control—mostly financial.
That road transport may have taken traffic from the railways, but it was won—not stolen.