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"No. Cadmean does not mean mean cad."
Of a new transmission system to be fitted to. an Earls Court Show model.
That in nationalized passenger transport it might be all up" with efficiency and fares.
That workers who earn their pay take a dim view of those who are content merely to draw it.
That last-minute "lighters' up," whatever be the weather conditions, constitute a road menace.
That manufacturers are making photostat copies of "C.M." because the number of copies available is as yet insufficient to meet their needs. Thai Australia wants more track-type tractors.
That the driver of a hopper wagon should be called the skipper.
That the shortage of buildings in Britain may turn her into a land of mobile dwellings pursue-d by , mobile shops.
That in this atomic •age the dual mobility might well be an advantage.
That the Triplex factory, built in 1928 at Kings Norton, recently beat its own record for producing laminated safety glass.
That an American oil company is to mailet an ether-type capsule to help the starting of petrol engines in very cold weather.
From the Editor of "The Iron Age," of New York, that small concerns and enterprises, taken as a whole, are the backbone of America.
That battery-type gas lighters should be packed separately and carefully, for any pressure on the buttons may make them glow at the risk of fire.
That the Road Haulage Executive is asking 43s. 6d. per ton for hauling straw from Aberdeenshire to Glasgow, whereas private hauliers are quoting 30-35s.
From the American Society for the Advancement of Management: "No war, no strike, no depression can so completely destroy an established business or its profits as new and better methods, equipment and materials in the hands of an enlightened competitor."