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the Editor on press days (oreasionally).
very little, from the taximeters, but. a lot from some taxidrivers.
That no member of the staff of the " C.M." is overseasiek, as they are all good salers.
That the matter of axle-weights upon steel-tired steam lorries will be forced to the front next year.
That Mr. Randall, of weather-screen fame, purchased the original of the cartoon in last week's " CM."
That a contemporary was recently " officially recognized" by the motor-traction section of the Motor Union.
That Mr. Richard S. Tilling believes the next General Election will see a Unionist Member in again for Peckham.
That Mr. Coventry, of the G.W.R. Motor Dept., calls his South Wales motorbus services " quite flat," compared with those in Cornwall.
That Carter-Paterson's Leylands are doing their makers much good on the score of silence, and that inquiries are frequent for the name of the builders of these machines.
That Mr. George H. Pollard, M.J.Mech.E.. has revolutionized the maintenance and repair methods of the General Motorcab Co., Ltd., and that his directors appreciate what
it has saved them.
That successful road-carrying in Lancashire to-day is more indebted to the pioneer companies of 1002 than some newcomers will ever be able to comprehend, but that many northcountry owners do know the reasons.
That Mr. Rees Jeffreys does not relish the idea of foregoing a game of golf next Whit-Monday, but that he will not be let forego attendance at the C.M.U.A. parade luncheon, at which a presentation will be made to him by the Association.
That one gentleman, whose experience of heavy transport machines is, perhaps, unrivalled, and who is also a motor manufacturer, has expressed the view that our recent suggestions for the standardization of component parts for subvention machines may he a little ambitions, but that they are possible of achievement within a period of five yeare, and that they do not involve serious expense to manufacturers. The show, the show, the show.
That a taxi-driver once refused a tip.
That the C.M.U.A. badges for vans and lorries will soon be ready.
That rubber does not wear badly, but that bad fillings and mixings du.
That America is purchasing both east-steel and wire wheele from England just now.
That many readers are asking who writes these paragraphs, but that the fact is they " just float into the office " from day to day.
That quite a few chief officers of fire brigades are using our leading article of last week to dissuade over-eager committeemen from the coin-se of home construction.
That the Road Board is taking up the highway-bridge question, and that each member has, by request, been furnished with a reprint of Mr. Howard Humphreys's articles from issues 'if TILE COMMERCIAL MOTOR for the 10th. 17th and 24th March last.
That an epoch-marking development in the adaptation of the internal-combustion engine to commercial uses is revealed in ''he Motor Boat " to-day. and that our sister journal deserves credit for securing exclusive information on a subject which is of national interest.
That Mr. Gordon Sharp. who is doing so well with his taxicabs in town, has constructed, in the sheps at Lillie Road. a remarkable touring car for his own nse, that the body is so low and wide that the rear side panels are paddleboxed, and that it is not intended to fit the car with a taximeter.
That one of the Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Co.'s new Darraeq-Serpollet double-deck steamers was seen on a private hirerun, at Ascot, on Saturday last, with a. party of amateur pierrots aboard, that it. creased Windsor Great Park soon after the alleged witching hour of midnight. and that this London company's private-hire work is carried out well.
That proof of the crush of advertisers to get. into the " Dominion and Overseas Special " will astonish supporters of that extra tercentenary number when WA deem it expedient to let voucher and other copies get about in this country, but that there are certain good reasons for a measure of delay in that act of home distribution by us.