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has somewhat rudely been called our " swank column."
of shows and rumours of shows—to say nothing about the noshows.
That Scotland Yard and Mr. Henry Sturmey do not exactly hit it off.
That the naming of houses is as much trouble to the cabdriver as it is to the delivery man.
That the L.G.O.C. new B-type omnibuses have never been accused of doing the Bond-street crawl.
of envious eyes upon the Argyll-Dennis-Halley-Morris share of business in motor equipment for fire brigades.
That Orde was not in humour, and that Hume was not in order, when the taximeter bell rang at Critchley's paper.
That there may shortly be on the market a moderate supply of good petrol derived from the retorting of Cuban asphalt..
That many readers are inquisitive as to who writes " One Hears," and that they cannot have listened carefully enough.
That Mr_ Sam Samuel has been paying his customary ennual visit to Egypt, but that he has no occasion to look for more petrol.
That the " W. and G." company now pays a bonus of 4s. per week to those of its drivers whose gross takings for the week of six days are 27 16s. or over.
That our text-of " fire brigades for county councils." which is now 21 years old, is being repeated to some purpose by those to whom it has been addressed by us.
That Bauly's winter wheels for motor wagons have been seen pretty frequently of late upon steamers in the Manchester district, and that there is hardly any noise from them.
That there's pots of money in seaside chats-ii-banes services when they are properly conducted, and that profits are quite high enough to allow moderate retainers to be paid to the good drivers over the winter months.
That big financial houses are beginning to take active notice of commercial-motor progress, but that the Rothschilds are probably not on the point of putting two millions sterling into an ail-embracing scheme of motor transport for Great Britain.
That the expeditious work done by the motor-borne vacuum gulley-enaptier at Chelsea has broken the hearts of all the men who formerly ladled the murky contents from the depths into the street-channels at rates varying from 0.5 to 0.75 gall, per minute.
That more will be heard about the position of front lamps, arm that blacksmiths may soon he hard at it to keep pace with the demand for special brackets which will swing out and carry any off-side lamp into its really-legal line of progression when lighted, i.e., that of the extreme gauge of the vehicle.
That D. George Collins, of Newgate Street, E.C.. the wellknown City silversmith and plate manufacturer, who also is Chairman of the Cattle-markets Committee of the City of London, is busy upon the execution of the C.M.0 A. order for badges, and that prices will of course be most moderate.
That London taxi-drivers, who said they seldom got 4d. on an 8d. fare when the question of " tips" was under discussion last summer, have not hesitated, now that an initial fare of ina. is proposed, to protest that the proposed change will " do them out of 2d." on practically every short. hiring, and that somebody really should edit their propagandist literature.
of improved trade all round.
more from old motorbuses than from new ones.
of a three speed, four-wheeled parcel-carrier in hand.
That the Lancashire county police consider that we have made the amPnde honorable.
That publishers have not yet been found for all the songs that were mentioned last week.
That the externals of some Karrier-car, Lotis and Thornycroft models are irritatingly similar just now.
That Manchester will at last come into its own, when the North uf England Show is opened a few weeks hence.
That the Brussels motorbuses are now running well, but that the traffic receipt.e are not, all that haee been anticipated.
That the drivers of certain elaborate London cabs can only obtain 11 mike to the gallon, and that they would gladly do with lighter bodies.
That the Garmage-Bell Cab Co. contemplates startling Coronation visitors with a remarkable development in cab careseerie—if Scotland Yard does not mind.
That luxuriously-upholstered and well-sprung motorbuses to carry six passengers each and luggage on solid-rubber tires are in demand both for hotel and private uses.
That the star on the cover of this journal has been seen by quite a number of new people, but that nobody has been hurt by this particular experience of a singular blow.
That a few perspiring jobbers are short of L.G.O.C. ordinary stock, but that there is no knowing when speculators, who bought at anything between 218 and 240, will begin to take their profits.
That the present is the, right time to address the Secretary of the R.A.S.E., Mr. Thomas McRow, in regard to higher shedding accommodation for motorvans, etc., at the Norwich " Royal ' of next Jnne.
That motors will be wanted for service round about the entrances to the Panama canal, both of which are to be strongly fortified, that the orders will be placed next year, but that U.S.A. goods will be purchased.
That the Great Western Ry. Co., which has already taken delivery of 12 Straker-Squire vans for 15-cwt. loads and towndelivery service, has no fewer than another 24 vans of the same make and equal capacity on order for that buyer.
That the two largest stores in Birmingham, Lewis's and Newbury's, have no delivery organization of their own, and that London customers would not long he satisfied if this were the case with Shoolbred's, Whiteley's, Harrod's, Maple's, etc.
That Mr. H. Lyon Thomson's advice to people with much luggage, that they should take two taxis in preference to one four-wheeler, is likely to be followed in numerous'instances, and that the duplicated method of conveyance is well worth the cost involved..
That 437 Kensington is now available as an all-night telephone call for motorcabs, that a notice to this effect should go up in the yards, to the end that drivers may not miss taking on" at Melbury-ruad corner when they find themselves in that locality after the nearest shelters have been closed, that due intimation is being given to probable hirers, and that the Press will also talk about it.