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Of intense interest being taken in Germany in cross-country driving.
That this sport fully tests the stamina of man and machine.
Of danger at private level-crossings being increased through the silent approach of electric trains.
Of someone remarking that "Existing hauliers" is an apt description of a good many of that harassed band of martyrs.
Of a well-known C.M.U.A. official concerned lately with negotiations for a 48-hour week, doing double these hours himself.
Of all at the R.S.A. oil-engine lecture on Wednesday.
Of heavy breakdown vehicles now available by day and night on much-travelled roads.
Of increasing interest in commercial-vehicle operating and manufacturing share prices.
That the share mari ket gives a good indi cation of the healthy •
state of the motor a Wait a moment, driver—we've a lot of luggage, as we're going for
week and taking a bungalow"
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Of buses, 14 years old in design, being withdrawn from London streets.
That it is about time, too.
That, from the front, it is often difficult to distinguish a modern commercial vehicle from a private That, if anything, the former affords more room for the driver.
Much talk about extensive road research and so forth, but that many important thoroughfares still have the same old glassy surfaces.
Of more watches sold to drivers of commercial vehicles.
Of a vehicle, the axleshaft of which broke and locked in its tunnel, giving a 2-to-1 overdrive.
That road-transport operators are beginning to realize the law's potentialities as a weapon of attack.
That until recently the policy appears to have been largely one of defence.