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That the taking of taxes prevents the taking of taxis, .
Of open-top 'buses referred to as "the no-hat brigade."
Of showmen still t,in the road without rubber tyres on their traction engine's.
That Continental cleansing officials admire the British municipal appliances.
That there is much merit in the simplicity of the British designs.
Of hilly bus routes where everyone rides up and walks down, to the annoyance of traffic managers.
A few owners who nowadays fail to realize that it pays to protect their drivers adequately against bad weather conditions of all kinds.
That the old school of steam-wagon maker who once doubted the wisdom of adopting solid rubber tyres is now all out for pneumatics.
Pedestrians complaining that the deep " blinkers " on the Oxford Street traffi'e signals completely hide the lights frors those who obtain only a side view of them.
Of many products termed productions.
• Of good, straight sweeping by curved brushes.
Of Mr. Goddard as one of the lights behind oil fuel.
Of new buses for London which willhave all-steel bodies.
That the Riot Act may yet have to be read out at some of the meetings of the Commissioners.
Of this journal having more women readers since we started our series of C.M. Personalities. That the road is now toe milky way.
Of mathematicians busily computing how many babies per day could be fed from the largest glasslined tankers.
Of many who regard the latest mobile printing press as an interesting dodge.
Of the Raleigh light van as a gadabout that one will often see going home with the milk.
That under big contracts the price of motor spirit, after deducting the tax of fid. per gallon, is ridicu lously low. 0 That the great number of regulations made under the Road Traffic Act, 1930; and the lack of general knowledge concerning them, have enabled some unscrupulous persons to benefit by utilizing misquotations.
That seating capacity in public-service vehicles may shortly require to he defined "when with a conductor" and "when without a conductor" for one and the same vehicle, la order to meet holiday and week-end conditions. .
That That this will he to accord with the actual maximum available seating in fact provided at different periods of use, Of those who would like to abolish overhang.
Most from the worstmaintained vehicles.
That coach owners are still waiting for the summer.
That cigarette machines may shortly be seen on London buses.
That vehicles with tripping bodies are most popular during August.
That efficient reclamation of used oil offers possibilities of profit to garage proprietors.