ONE HEARS
Page 41
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
That the wise salesman goes where funds are.
That if salesmanship caves in works close down.
That the wise designer has taken the seven-seater to the drawing-board.
That coach proprietors are hoping that before long the " banners " will be flying.
That it is sometimes too late to mend and it will be too late to amend when the Bill is passed.
That London's passenger-transport problems sometimes resolve themselves into tram-support problems.
That H.R.H. evidently means to move about a good deal in South America, for he is taking a Puss Moth with him.
Of those who forget that the revenue account of any motor manufacturer is derived largely from the capital accounts of his customers.
Of some who think that the day will come when Londoners will be forced to leave their cars 10 miles outside the boundary and return home by shanks' rponies.
That Viscount Brentford —" jix " of old—has written a forceful foreword for the Roadways Goods Transport Guide, which is now going to press by sections. 0 That the fiats of the Minister of Transport 'are almost up to Italian precedents, and that Mr. Morrison may decide to alter four letters in his name and thus really become a Mussolini. That it's high time the tramway associations changed their names and objects.
That whilst more batteries will come on, not all the older ones are staying the course.
That a much better joining up between coach owners is likely to become imperative.
Of many hauliers who are most apprehensive concerning the proposed new licensing plans.
That new names and strange faces are signs of continuing freshness in the motorbus world.
Confirmation from various quarters that 45 lb. per sq. in. will be the average pneumatic's pressure.
That only the next three years can show the true cost of third-party insurance claims u,nder the new conditions.
In slippery weather sighs of thankfulness from those who remember the agonies of horsed transport on frost-bound roads.
That the frequently repeated forecasts of the C.M., that most electric tramcars will have to go, are about to enjoy accelerated fulfilment.
Of some manufacturers who are already sorry that in 1928 they came down on the side of the railways instead of that of their old customers.
• That bribery is as much a crime as theft or forgery or pocket-picking; also it discounts the skill of the salesman and the art of the advertiser.