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Of aluminium-alloy keys, including Yale.
That many heavy vehicles may eventually have all-rubber suspension.
That recently made "synthetic" tyres contain only 5 per cent. of that material.
That the Timken-Detroit Axle Co. is producing heavy-vehicle back axles with aluminium-alloy centres, hubs and brake shoes.
It is claimed that these will promote economy and
lengthen tyre life. 0 That the country already has an efficient transport service; what it needs is an efficient Government that can attend to its own legitimate business.
That " Lastbilen "—the CM." of Sweden—contains, in one issue, 10 pages of text and illustrations concerning the I.R.T.E. visit to that country. That "if Britain makes it, the world takes That despite shortages America is to spend over f 100,000,000 on road repair.
That workmen with dirty overalls are not a good advertisement for repairing establishments.
Of the recent death of the driver of the first motor bus of the old London General Omnibus Co., Ltd.
That he drove a bus between Cricklewood and the Marble Arch in 1905.
That in many provincial centres the duties of the old town crier are being taken over by loud-speaker vans.
That some American engineers are considering the revival of advanced steam engines for large commercial vehicles.
That unusually large fleets of lorries have had to be brought into use to convey fruit from Worcestershire orchards.
Of a Chrysler taxicab in Tacoma which has run over 1,000,000 miles with the original transmission and differential, but now on a replacement engine.
Of a " G.W.R. Magazine" correspondent doubting whether Malaya's railways will ever capture the custom of Pukka Sahib Europeans, because the roads are so good and much more convenient.
Of a reminder to those who think nationalization could be "called off by the next Government" that prevention is better than cure and that some diseases, if allowed to run too long a course, become incurable.