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That Salford, Lancs, is to spend £10,000 on a safety training centre for child cyclists.
That perhaps these " experts " will then be able to instruct their parents!
Of a man who asked what tobacco should be smoked in Dunlop flexible pipes.
That the Royal car, as it passed through High Street, Kensington, was tailed by three buses.
That this was one way of getting through the zongested thoroughfare.
That since 1944 the Scottish Motor Trade Associa:ion has had a register of the trade apprentices in Scotland and during that time 4,000 have been ncluded.
That the State police of Michigan ask drivers ;uspected of being inebriate to inflate small balloons, .he air in which is then tested for alcoholic content 1r contentment. That a Bishop ought to steer in the right direction —even along a narrow path.
That the small oil engine is likely to become a big asset in the national economy.
From Lord Mancroft, that many bus conductors keep their routes as strictly guarded trade secrets.
That "back to private enterprise" is a phrase that falls sweetly on the ears of hauliers and all others who love freedom.
The suggestion that those who visit the public galleries of "The House" and "The House of Commons" should pay entertainment tax.
That the " Commons " have been described as "More fun than the Mappin Terraces."
That, nevertheless, tragedies are enacted there, for example, those connected with the starvation of our roads through the misappropriation of the "Road Fund."