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That some complaints as to exceptionally low mileages on Pool petrol may be put down to fuel pilferage.
That consumption may be found to decrease if petrol-tank-cap locks or other anti-theft devices be fitted.
That white lines on roads are sometimes extremely slippery owing to unsuitable painting materials being employed.
That the promised concession as to maximum speed where gas or producer-gas equipment brings the unladen weight to over 50 cwt. is keenly awaited.
That the welding people are warming up.
That a mild winter is a frost to them.
Approval of the reissue of the 13.R.F. Monthly Bulletin of – Road Information.
That tractors are towing sleighs over frozen lakes to supply Canadian gold miners.
That Britain's roads must not let us down; they must always let us up and down.
That Finland has ordered 300 Ford 10 h.p. industrialtype engines for A.R.P. purposes. Of Mr. Oliver Stanley describing the pre-war motor industry as an intensely individualistic one.
That modern war vehicles must be able to leave the road as occasion demands, and return to it.
Of some who think that when the time to control road transport is considered "ripe,' it will be rotten.
That, according to Sir A. Sinclair, Britain and France, without their colonies and Dominions, Produce four times as much iron ore as does Germany, have three times as many motor vehicles and make" twice the number per year.
Of queueing-up for anti-freeze compounds and lamps.
That busmen are feeling more happy about their wages.
Many reports of unwary operators being " caught " by the frost.
Of a foreigner being greatly puzzled by our boards, panels and pools.
That those who will not bury the hatchet may find it used to axe them.
Of a wise driver who always carries a shovel as " an insurance against snow,"