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Very little of Mr. S. F. Edge these days. That bottle throwers should be "jugged." That the Wulph is at the door—and the counter.
That oil has proved itself "an excellent occasional substitute.
That Old Sol didn't put all his eggs into one basket.
Of a puzzling order from a gravestone mason for a five-ton tip-wagon.
From the provinces, of interrupted road irruptions and miles• of dumped "metal."
That transport went before the Ministry came and that transport will go after the Ministry goes.
That a certain "Always Open" garage displays the sign, " S.O.S.," meaning "Stops Open Sundays."
That in the Lancashire and Yorkshire divisions of the C.M.U.A, bouquets of red and white roses are the rule.
That the C.M.U.A. was told at Leeds that "the more you work the more you'll learn and the more you'll earn."
Someone asking for a motor-bicycle' with a glorified back carrier, capable of taking compact loads of about i cwt.
That you may always rely upon C. Le M. Gosselin for a witty, pungent and informative speech at any C.M.U.A. gathering.
That Paris is to have pneumatic tyred 'buses. Rather unfortunate that most Englishmen associate Paris with "going on the bust "!
That the catch phrases of "seeing Red" and "feeling Blue" will have new meanings under current motor coach nomenclature.
That the kerb installation suggests— Pump, brothers, pump with care, Pump in the presence of the passenjaire I —0— Tram C ar Jam !
.Tar! I Applause for the Lord Mayor of Leeds's suggestion that coaches catering for a certain class should be provided with a receptacle for bottles and sandwich papers.
That recent visitors to Sheffield and Leeds and other important cities had never previously seen so much of the places. In many of them the air is almost clear !
That the Chief Constable of Cheshire would like to grant to motor coach conductors the power to turn off a troublesome passenger, and that anyone so ejected in, say, the Welsh mountains would have ains4e time for repenting while finding his way back to civilization. Now we're spotted I Of the lull before the tra,de storm.
01 ballots for "billets "—and £10,000,000.
That bad perspectives bring vanishing "points."
That the motor industry is to help to run the Post Office.
Of the growing popularity of duralumin in motor vehicle construction.
That Birmingham can't get a, by-law to stem traffic whilst its trains " take up.
That total stoppage is sometimes preferable to partial stoppage and short time.
That the repercussions,of the Irish war are sometimes felt in British motor works.
Of a wireless outfit at a certain works. Sure sign of live wires in the motor industry.
Of specially produced fuel to take the place of anthracite in the Smith producer.
That Bond Street sales during Ascot week are an unprecedented index of the state of trade Of Lord Bearstead (Sir Marius Samuel) again "in oils," but this time by Sir William Orpen. • That what the country wants really is the " leanto " shed—brisk trade is certain to follow.
0 That Mr. W. J. Lewin became a prime favourite with the C.M.U.A. delegates during their stay in Leeds.
Lots of people here cracking up China for future trade. but they must not let it be a case of Hans over Fritz.
That, despite his years, Col. R. E. Crompton can still give many a younger man a hot time on a squash, court.
That grease is good for motor vehicles, and that the activities of Greece are occasionally of benefit to the motor industry.
That the five millionth Ford has gone into a museum, and that the five millionth—(any European make !) will follow its example in 2921 That the presence of extremely volatile elements in any fuel of which alcohol is also a constituent, is liable to give the Excise authorities "furiously to think."
That it would speak better for a certain overseas produced motor fuel if the Dominion in question did not import annually such a large cniantity of petrol. Fuel substitution should begin at home.