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Of a classy chassis.
Of American prices tumbling.
Of disc wheels on London buses.
" No extra-air ? More fuel you!
That " hoppers " now travel by road.
Everyone talking about the C.M. C.M.
Of Worthington's bottle with a throttle.
Of Palestine, as divided among the bribes.
That there are motors that will run for toffee.
There are more than feelers out about six-wheelers.
That R.T.N. doesn't believe in giving Henry a high-t.
That one should brake down, and so avoid breakdowns.
That " R.T.N." should be told that it is rude to point.
Of "Heat and flow" as the song • of the thermosyphon.
That Mr. Edge's initials do not necessarily stand for " Safety First."
That restrictive legislation ina,y ultimately mean higher coach fares.
That the Mystic windscreen cleaner might be called the .Anti-Mistic.
That no one would have expected the ehar-à-bancs to enter the jitney business.
That the total cost of WeSten-super-Mare U.D.O. v. Butt case has proved to be .216,000.
Of Mr. Ford's instructions to some of his factories:—" Shut down : shut up " That Americans were most struck in England this season by the mobility with which they were able to get drinks.
That, as a sop to farmers, Derbyshire is trying the doubtful expedient of tar-spraying the crown of the road only.
That all the British papers for the International Road Congress of next year, to be held at Seville in May, have now been prepared.
Some politicians still singing " Let 'em take fire and air And we'll have the sea and the island."
Others saying—" But if we do, shall we? "
That there is a growing tendency in certain quarters to seek illicit commissions from makers, and that it is a tendency that should be squashed at once. That the Leeming taxation 'scheme is far too harsh.
That the pneumatic tyre has not been developed for heavy vehicle use to the extent that Mr. Leeming would seem to wish or hope.
That Bemdaberg's new motor spirit, might be called " Molcohol."
. That a few Guild merchant festivals in strategic parts of the country would bring a little joy into the lives of the motor coach owners.
But that they would also bring sadness and weariness of the flesh to the S.M.M. and T. and entail much scanning of the Bond.
That it proved inipossible to please everybody with the various arrangements made to control the motor traffic at Preston during the Guild week.
That bus owners in Preston were particularly disgruntled, and think that, if they had been Consulted beforehand, they would not have had so much at which to grumble.
That the coach driver has many people who speak well of him, but that it cannot be denied that some of the accidents in the past three years require skill in explaining away.
That there are many incidents which do not get so far as the accident stage and which tell of carelessness in the garages.
That Mr. Arthur Watson, C.B.E., holds it to be undignified for the L. and N.W. and M.R. group to proceed with road transport unless authority is obtained from Parliament.
That the Brighton Aquarium has another lease of life in fulfilling the important function of demonstrating to a few people daily -the voraciousness of the stickleback and the, antics of the baby seal.
That if the Brighton Aquarium is to remain, something should be done to improve the view of the roof from the Marine Parade above it.
That Mr. Shrapnell-Smith's incidental labours as Director-General of the Hospitals of London Combined Appeal havealready brought in £312,000 towards the. 2500,000 wanted by Christmas.
That the motor community is insistent upon a reapportionment of the taxation and that strong arguments must be prepared to show that the transport of passengers and goods should be made as cheap as possible.
That any increased, charge seems to grow, in the course of "passing it on to the customer."