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11th November 1930
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That taxi-drivers like two-way tippers.

That' brake-drum grooving is sometimes a ticklish problem to overcome.

That the friction-fabric makers are apt to blame the material of the drums and the drum makers the composition of the fabric. , That a meting out of unremunerative bus-route licences may be expected next year.

That, after all, it is but fair to take the good with the bad. 0 That non-paying routes often become remunerative when serviced well.

From a reader just back from a tour in Yorkshire that every confectioner's in that county is a parkin place.

That however much some people may grouse about concrete roads they admit that they are delightfully free from mud, Of a driver who was discovered trying to start his engine one frosty morning by singing to it "Say a little purr for me."

That the addition of the new section of Olympia somewhat improves the ventilation and greatly relieves the congestion.

That the trouble about the growing habit of overloading is that owners seem to think their vehicles have the growing habit.

That many foreigners are troubled by our keepto-the-left regulation, but English drivers seem to adapt themselves automatically to the rules of Continental roads.

That the new Act will encourage the use of operation recorders.

That candour about oil engines cuts more ice than qualifle.d compliments. Of the Daimler floating kidney.

That the L.G.O.C. is watching transmission systems very closely.

That the next two years will see several new substitutes for existing types of _clutch and gearbox.

That, at present, all roads in Scotland lead motorists to Glasgow.

Undisguised glee expressed about the Rcad Traffic Act by some railway men.

That it is of little use hoping to dispose of "a pig in a poke" in Scotland.

The query "Which will be the first pareelcar to be named the Mickey. Mouse?"

That bus-service accounts should be made "as rosy and as true as possible."

That many brakes still save much use of other forms of audible-warning device.

That accumulators are usually the most maltreated equipment of the average vehicle.

That a police trap at the right time may be a good advertisement—even for an oil engine.

That loading delays will be even more costly than at present when the new Act comes into force.

That things are moving in the oil-engine world when a commercial power unit can be built to weigh only 14.25 lb. per b.h.p.

As many jokes about the haggis this week as ever.

Of very few folk who know anything about petrol storage regulations.

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