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That it would be a. fine advertisement. That the W.W. people are reawakening. That avowed unfriendliness begets the like.
That there will be more questions in the House after Whitson.
That they are now after second-hand lorries for use on Salisbury Plain.
That Liverpool is trying to relieve quayside congestion, delays and taking-turn.
That the mistake about the Albert Embankment did not mislead anybody of importance.
That Mitchell's Garage, of Wardour Street, advertize "Spare gears hobbled," and that they run very quietly.
Of the visit of an army of motorbus and tube directors to the North Road body works of the L.G.O.C. last Friday.
From Birmingham, that Mr. George du Cros has taken up the management of the Dunlop mills at Aston and Coventry.
That the Armstrong-Whitworth shop lorries frequently hoot in vain for rail-bound steam cranes to get out of their way.
That pneumatic tires for motorcabs are occasionally 15 mm. to 20 mm. less in diameter than their declared size, and that the speedometer and taximeter people complain of this.
That a Northern driver's comment on a high-speed engine was " 'E gets in a right raffle wi"isself, when 'e's got a lot er gas, an 'e don't pop not miss nor nowt in 'it an' all."
That 100 millions spent on roads would bring a better return to this country, both immediate and for posterity, than a like expenditure on any other constructive or destructive programme.
That a N.E.R. rail motor, during recent strike troubles, was loaded to the roof with loaves and festooned outside with cauldrons of soup, in order to provision the troops along the railside.
From Mr. F. P. S. Harris, that current prices per gallon of petrol in cans are Is. fid, in London, 2s. Id. in Berlin, and 2s. 3d. in Paris, and that England need not think she is badly " treated " if these ratios continue. Thal it has been already.
Of the danger of ill-fitting motoreab doors.
That wild rubber is getting a more ticklish problem. Of an increasing speci ficaticin of acetylene lighting for vans.
That the principal solid-tire works are running night and day.
That one of the King's luggage-vans may again be sent to the Parade.
That agrimotor has proved an aggravator, and autoporter a boxer.
That it pays owners to have repair estimates checked by experts who know their job.
That in ten years one large owner in the north has never scrapped a machine, and that all his veterans are still paying propositions.
That a lot of misconception must exist as to the cost of reducing "all the ugly and dangerous gradients in England to a maximum of 1 in 10 or 18."
That the Temple Press works enjoy a first-rank reputation amongst motor carriers for the absence of unloading delays when road-borne paper is being delivered.
That the Roads Improvement Association is pressing to have more "drive near left kerb" by-laws made under Section 78 of the Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1907.
That the N.E.R. Wolseley petrol-electric coaches. have done nearly 10 years hard service and that the crankshafts of their engines have not yet been out of their bearings.
That some of Armstrong-Whitworth's heavy-vehicle staff are Naval Volunteers, that their quarters on Calliope " are enviable, and that these men are by no means out of their element, That in Suffolk and other counties the railway companies keep the level-crossing gates closed to the road, and that they only open them upon demand' of a. road-user, and that the opposite should obtain_ That Mr. Michael Orde, the eldest son of the R.A.C. secretary, whc took a bad toss from his motorcycle when rounding a corner near Much Wenlock on Sunday last, is progressing as well as can be expected, having regard to a dislocated wrist, a dislocated knee and a broken leg, but that he was lucky to miss a telegraph post by an inch or two.