One Hears—
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That 60,000 into 12 months won't go without some reduction in vehicle-maintenance standards.
That many excellent overseas coach tours are still available despite the £25 limit on foreign currency.
That coke delivered in winter may be worth its weight in snow, despite the price one is charged for it.
Of someone saying that the chassisless vehicle, both in construction and in case of accidents, keeps body and soul together. Of few people who realize that "jumping the queue" at bus-stops is still a punishable offence.
That in the matter of performance, the old-time sea rover was not a patch on the modern LandRover.
Of someone forecasting that the "Smart Eightwheeler for Beer" may supply many a one-over-theeight.
That the principle of confining one driver to one vehicle is not always conducive to full operational efficiency.
That the replacement of trams by buses supports the theories of the survival of the fittest and natural selection.
That General Motors of America are producing a 300 b.p. turbo-jet engine to be tried out in a Greyhound bus.
That Coventry Corporation, among other undertakings, has recently started using Ultimate ticket
issuing machines. 1.
That the rapidity with which these machines produce tickets is remarkable.
Of some people who start to cross "zebras" in front of buses, so that these stop; whereupon the pedestrians board them.
That a giant, telescopic hydraulic gear is being used in the United States to tip into grain elevators corn carried in large tractor-lorries.
That the normal loads for these vehicles are car bodies, the grain being carried on the return trips.
That Trico windscreen washers proved invaluable to many competitors in the Monte-Carlo Rally— including the winner, Mr. Sydney Allard.