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29th March 1927, Page 73
29th March 1927
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

"Money down, price down." That Irish punctuality is Irish.

Of flexible-hose compkition arisen.

Of a gross of costs per gross ton-pile.

That beating the air,can be noisy work.

That there'll be gasps if petrol goes still lower.

That steam can do more to petrol than merely to hiss at it.

Relatively cheery assurances as to no more motor taxes.

That lack of good judgment can discOunt good oratory.

More often nowadays of killing two birds with one radiator.

That any gloom in the petrol-supply world is only temporary.

That the fast low-loading vehicl& is best for• distributing newspapers.

That there'll soon be a good shilling a gallon. between goad petrol and good benzole.

That Birkenhead hasP its teeth into certain aspects of the -Mersey (Roadway) Tunnel.

That, thanks to more tar in surfacing Mixtures, sideways movements on roads are lessening.

Of efforts to settle the Cheshire site for the new. Mersey Tunnel's entrance and exit without a fight.

That there's not yet enough available by which to measure the true measure of agreement over the draft Road Traffic Bill.

That a few obstinate shareholders in the Car and General who in 1917 hung on when the Royal Exchange Assurance acquired _nearly all the shares are now in double clover. . 0' A record muster of members and guests forecasted for the C.M.I.T.A. annual luncheon at the Savoy Hotel on April 6th, and that no seat can be hooked after Saturday next. • Of managers (sic) Who ignore the high importance of synchronizing the clocks and watches by which the starting and intermediate times for their motorbus services are controlled.. Talk of the 100-seater bus.

Of passengers expelled by electro-pneumatic means.

That prevention is better than correction—of skids.

That the slogan "trade follows the truck" is a good one. 0 That passengers prefer bus seats with that cuahion feeling.

That whilst some carry the burden themselves others have raised fares..

That the new taxation is costing some provincial bus companies 120,000 a year.

• Of spring billing and cooing—chiefly bills (con!) round about quarter day.

Appreciation of our new way of making the operating cost tables "flexible."

That you may be a busy body busy body-building without being "a busybody.

That the engine of the Iroden steani wagon is now fitted with a roller bearing.

Derision of the idea that private cars could be prohibited or restricted in London..

That the Great Western Railway, is increasing its 'road tnansport fleet by 25 new vehicles.

Someone suggesting that " buttressed triple stud" might be used as the te.st phrase for." drunks" at Vine Street.

That, unless forcibly prevented, some children will play in the road in preference to using the playgrounds provided.

Labour members making no outcry against the pedal cycle, despite the number of street accidents charged to its account.

That the Daimler-Bens Co., of Gaggenau, Germany, which has hitherto specialized on heavy trucks. and buses, has just introduced a high-speed 30--cwt. truck.