One Hears
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That Government forms are arch-wasters of paper.
That they might be half the size if they were written in plain English that could be better understood by the people
That the new Tank Board should be able to find much to occupy its time—for a tank is more valuable in service than as a blue print.
Of Kinder's Garage and Haulage, Ltd., Blaby, describing as ignoble any attempt to injure the Leicester-Manchester pooling scheme.
That an effective way to stop a vehicle engine is to put a plug into the exhaust pipe.
That " corking " the carburetter air inlet will, if the engine starts at all or be turned much by the electric starter, so flood the cylinders that it may take long to correct the trouble. The query: "What. about an International tank race? "
That at present the competition seems to be a little one-sided.
Of Gardner engines making great headway in many new fields.
That Miss Tetra-ethyl has a poor time now amongst the motoring community.
That the recent turn of events will have an adverse effect on plans for coaching holidays.
That liquid fuels, rubber and aeroplanes have not proved unmixed blessings to humanity.
That fuel restrictions and Pool petrol make car-buretter reconditioning particularly important.
That an airman is about the only person now who can depend upon obtaining good refills for his lighter.
That The Light Car in its monthly condensed form at ed. makes a most interesting and entertaining pocketful.
That the Tecalemit automatic refuelling nozzle cuts out much supervision by operators and saves both time and waste.
That the war's effect on passengertransport undertakings is clearly reflected in municipal reports now coming to hand.
That the recent rise in the cost of petrol may accelerate the introduction of higher fares on passenger-transport undertakings.
That with oil and petrol and their accessories the average weight is 10-12 lb. per gallon; with compressed gas the equivalent is 180 lb.