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" Oiled well, works better:1 Of less hastening due to more chastening.
That. many a stop is not made soon enough.
That. it's a poor bus that none will ride in.
That the average bus is quick off the mark.
That only a few seek to rip up taxation sores.
That lorry jumpers continue to be a nuisance. That two other 1924 comings-of-age were missed.
Of more ribs to link the sides of Father Thames.
Mixed anticipations concerning fuel-price moves. Of some automobile engineers having a bad time.
Of numberless votes thrown away by the railway.
Of more pro motorbus publicity pro bone pubtico.
It's two down and one to play in the tax handicap.
That there must be knot-, in all transport's branches.
That they've almost got the Butt case down and out.
That it's not only tyre. constant turning that wears the -0 That it's scheme, bad to swap motors while making a That it cost S more to recover road damage than to bear it.
That buying non-skids is too often put off until after the snow has come to enforce putting them on.
The ScOttish bridegroom's reply to his lady's request. for a taxi—" Bus ye, bus ye, my bonnie, bonnie bride."
That whilst road transport must compete to live hirers and owners z.eldom assess time's value adequately.
Following a statement that provincial trams always crawl, an indignant citizen prepared to swear that Liverpool tramcars " simply whizz! "
The small tradesman, who has de-horsed his transport, doubly congratulating himself now that straw, even in the country, is is. sd. to is. Sd. a truss.
That extra rates are justified for extra Christmas jobs which can be guaranteed to time only by road motor, and that hadlage contractors should act accordingly.
That any responsible people who want special licences to run one or more six-wheel 'omnibuses of approved types, stich as the Scammell, should apply without delay .to the 'Assistant Secretary, Roads Department, Ministry of Transport, 7, Whitehall Gardens', London, S.W,1. 01 bus fare warfare in London.
That " One Hears " frequently vaticinate. That this is no anti-smallpox measure.
Of railway bridge-notices aimed af.stalemate.
Once again of the burst boiler, but only hears.
That fixing a schedule differs from keeping it. Of secret service men in public service vehicles. That brag never yet kept a bus service in being. That living out of work differs from living on it, Some saying that a dry summer is due in 1925.
Others saying that it is overdue already.
That one thing is certain—recent summers have been over-dewy. 0 Also that the weather's aver-dewing it now.
That more really must be done about headlight glare.
Of motorbuses trusted. which are known rather than That the tubes are giving us a Happy New Fare on January 1st.
That a " heavy " in a hurry rould do well to give Horsham the go-by.
Of various devices to prevent a motor coach from singing " I wanna go back" on a hill.
Concerning labour exchanges, that, in the opinion of many " workmen,." the dole is the best exchange for labour.
That, in the Hartlepool inquiry, the Ministry of Transport very appropriately sent Mr. Fisher to deal with Mr. Salmon.
That there is no foundation for the report that the last horse-Maria was burnt on Guy Fawkes day by the Old Convicts Association.
Of oil-trade support for the idea of adopting as standard practice lower-level winter prices for petrol, in ,order to encourage consumption and to equalize its volume.