WE describe in this issue -a passenger chassis for which
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the claim of particular lightness of construction is made. Page 297.
THE article on the design and construction of bus bodies which appears in this issue is from the pen of one of the leading experts on the subject, and is the first of a brief series which we regard as highly im portant. Page 286.
AS a reminder of the type of taxicab which has been exhibited to the Home Secretary and to the Commissioner of Police in London, we give ia brief description of the two-seater taxicab produced for service in the Metropolis. Page 29.4.
IT is interesting to find that the call from overseas for British-built fire equipment persists and even increases. We deal in this issue with a special first-aid machine recently -supplied to the Auckland (N.Z.) Fire Board. Page 802.
CERTAIN .improvements have been embodied in a mechanically Operated tipping gear which was recently introduced, the chief of these being a special type of throw-in gear for the driVe. We give a descriptlon of the apparatus in detail, dearly illustrated.
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THE full text of the Home Secretary's Order which modifies the regulations governing the construction and use of taxicabs in the Metropolis is published in our pages this week. These cover the introduction of the two-seater cab and the better illumination of taximeter dials. Page 293.
OUR special correspondent in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons, in his notes this week, dealS with the matters which occupied the attention of Parliament prior to the Easter: recess, and he deals somewhat fully with the discussion on London bus and taxi cab innovations. Page 295.
WE are able to eve .exclusive details of a new loW load-tine chassis, by ft prominent British manufacturer. It is intended for bus work and will take a 30-seater bus body which will give comfortable seating to all its passengers: It is a mistake to Cramp the seating space and the knee-room in a public service vehicle, and yet it is often_ done. Page 290.
SOME very interesting facts are disclosed and assertions .iu-ade with 'regard. to the ascertained running costs of .commercial motors in a series of letters which with our Own notes 'and comments have been grouped into a Special_ article in this issue. The figures communicated :by the manager of an important Staffordshire brewery are particularly full in detail and are eleveiV analysed. Page 283.