IMPORTANT NOTICE.
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PRELIMINARY announcement to cartage firms, teamowners, furniture removers, mail contractors, carrying companies, forwarding agents, posting establishments, garage proprietors, and all who are interested in the possibilities of road conveyance by modern commercial vehicles and tractors.
A Special Issue upon "Motor Hiring," will be published on the 15th October. The contents will be arranged to show how motor hiring should be organised and conducted on a profitable basis. Further particulars will appear shortly.
Race in the Isle of Man. It is pointed out, very rightly, that the efficiency of the internal-combustion engine has been enormously improved by races of this kind, which were first instituted by the Royal Automobile Club, and we entirely agree that the commercial side of motoring has directly benefited by the data thus rendered available in reCent years for the guidance of deSigners. It is, however, a question of policy as to whether these events are any longer really a benefit to the whole movement, for any racing on the public roads gives offence to those who are temporarily excluded from them. three-speed gearbox and side-chain transmission, whilst the petrol tank is disposed on the dashboard. The whole of the space under the driver's seat is free for the carriage of tools and stores. A tailboard has been added at the back of the rim-sided body, and this extra space enables the owners to display their name and address very prominently. It is estimated that the lorry will do the work of at least live horses, and it is capable, on occasion, of travelling as much as moo miles in a working day. The local conditions of service are severe, owing to the hilly and rough nature of the roads. mainly responsible for this crippling Act. While legislating, as he averred, in the interest of the general public, this deceitful man was robbing the Danish peasantry of their bank deposits and appropriating State funds to the extent of some five hundred thousand pounds ! Another piece of legislation which this virtuous Minister of " Justice" ardently supported. is the Corporal Punishment Act, whereby magistrates were empowered to order a criminal to be flogged for certain offences. Alberti might be tied to the back of a motorcab and given the benefit of this second Act.