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That a very low load-line may prove a disadvantage in flooded areas.
That the Road Group in the House of Commons has now risen to 160, apart from sympathizers in the Opposition.
Of an offender who, when told he could choose between 10s. and seven days, replied "I'll have the money, sir."
That apropos of railway progress in the nineteenth century MacAdam remarked "The calamity of railways has befallen us."
Of a movement in Belgium to induce road transporters of goods to assist the home motor industry by using only Belgian-built chassis.
That if 95 phons is to be the noise limit for road vehicles something should be done to curb the exuberance of road drills and make them conform to some ruling.
Of large orders for Daimler buses for overseas.
That any future merger of associations will be the resuit of education.
That the antifreeze season seems to have become greatly extended in recent years. That the U.S.A. has 1,248,000 internal-combustionengined tractors in use on its farms.
That the fees for testing drivers have brought in far more money than was anticipated.
From America that chassis weight as a determinant of gross vehicle weight encourages " pigiron engineering."
That the winter's rairis and floods have played havoc with unsatisfactory road surfaces and taken the bloom off the hest.
That tests on a cylinder designed especially to avoid distortion and hot-spots have shown an oil consumption one-fifth of that of a conventional cylinder.
That in some courts fines are "imposed," and in others "inflicted "—the latter being generally the more accurate term, although there is little to choose between them.
Of soft drink makers putting up a hard fight for more freedom.
That the lorry which made B.C. mining, history made A.D. ditto.
That the X-ray inspection of castings is proving highly successful.