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" Th e 5x-tz-actor"
I have said, more than ()nee, that it Sets as a tonic on me to glance through a full order book, and
A Tonic. to note the orders for commercial vehicles. I had a glimpse of the Halley orders this week, and it. is eminently satisfactory to see the length of a list which concludes with six two-tonners for the Dundee district. In addition, Halley's have received an order for 32 vehicles of speciel consteuct6n for an important firm of contractors in Londen. They are saying—" Next, please "
My footprints will he found at Guild. ford. A few days ago, I looked in at Dennis Bros., as a mat
A Peep ter of course, and it was Info art quite good to hear of an Order Book. overflowing order book. Some of the sales are impressed on my mind : a two.ton lorry to the Gamage-Bell Motor Cab Co.; a two-tormer to the Orchestrelle Co. • a 30 cwt van for Christiana ; and a i.60gallon turbine fire-engine for the Worthing Corporation. There were others.
I happen to know that the manufacturers of an internal-combustion engine specially suitable for An Agent commercial vehicles, and Wanted which shows a great economy in cost of fuel, are desirous of appointing an agent for the sale of same in South Wales and district. Applications might be Addressed to this office, marked "Paraffin.' and I will see that they are forwarded t the right parties.
An exceptional opportunity presents itself, at the moment, for a few young men who can show that An Unusaal they have the right Chance. qualities, and have a successful record. An enterprising firm of commercial-vehicle makers is preparing to extend iLs business, and it is intended to engage four travellers. Representatives are desired in the following districts : Wales. SouthWest of England. North-East of England, and the Midlands. Now is the chance
for those who have had experience of selling; all the better if they have know ledge of commercial vehicles, but that is not absolutely necessary. Any letters sent to me will be treated in strict confidence, and forwarded: mark them "Industrious." care of " The Extractor," at this office. When it is a 40 per cent. dividend to be paid, how much more allur ing it sounds than when
A Wave it la a 40 per cent. duty of that blocks the entry of Improvement. your gools into another country. This is the dividend to be declared, at the next gene. cal meeting of the Continsntal Tyre Co., of Hanover, and it is pi oposed. AS the Berlin correspondent of this journal has already reported, in view of the great advance in business, to increase the capital from 2300,000 to £450,000. England is evidently contributing its quota to this prosperity, because they tell me last year's trading has eclipsed all previous records. I see every evidence of a wave of general improvement coming; I hope it will prove to be a tidal wave.
From time to time, in the course of my wanderings. I make respectful com plaint to many of our
Short of friends that they omit Space, to furnish me with any
items of interest to our readers. Events happen, in connection with their concerns, new models are brought out, or old ones are improved,
changes of staff are made, and social gatherings are held, which are likely to interest our readers; but, I suppose, the idea does not always occur to them to send on an intimation to me, and I have to live all the time, with some concerns. up to my vont dr plente—the " newsy " paragraph has to be extracted ! This does not obtain in all cases, however; I hereby absolve my friend, Mr. A. Hoffmann, of the Ivel Agricultural Motors, Ltd., from any nonsense of that kind. He misses nothing ; he has a love and admiration for seeing the name of the Ivel in the news columns csf this journal
that is quite touching. He has a charming personality himself, and he must have discovered that it hurts inc to refuse him anything, but. I have not the two pages following this one at my disposal; an obdurate Editor sees to that, and I cannot, therefore, give the full text of the Ivel message, as evidently desired by the charming gentleman mentioned. I will just repeat the bald fact that they are the first firm to enter two machines for the agricultural-motor trials, to be promoted by the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at the show at Liverpool this year. It will have to go at that for this issue, it will really.
The dinner, at the Victoria Hotel. Manchester, to celebrate the opening of the Manchester Show, The Show was attended by an en ner. thusiastic body of manu facturers ana traders, who are not to be denied. Mr. Charles " Foden " Davies presided, and he struck a decisive key-note as to Manchester's resolves and inteutions. Mr. Lawton Goodman made a stirring speech, leavened as it was with much humour, and he was followed with intense interest. Mr. J. Newton also spoke, with obvious sincerity and with " sweet reaeonablenese " ; he subsequently submitted a resolution asking the S.M.M.T. to grant them their sanction, adducing many reasons why this should be, a telling one being that Manchester is different from other centres, and had justified itself by continuing to hold a motor show. Mr. Bullock, the managing director, gave many figures showing the progress made and the satisfactory state of finances. Throughout, I was struck with the determination of these Lancashire men. and their sincere hope that the Society would finally recognize the shuw. Many speakers followed, and completely submerged a trio of professional artistes, who had been engaged specially, and who had to sit and sit and sit. One speaker remarked that it was said you can always tell a Lancashireman; it was his experience that you could not tell him much ! Another, a witty Irishman. opened his speech by saying that he could not understand how it was at this dinner that he was enjoying himself so immeasurably, and it, occurred to him that it was because it was an " illegal meeting." Like a true Irishman, he loved to be " agin the Government." It was left to me to propose the toast of the Chairman, whom I have known for more years than I care to recall, and that finished an evening packed full of interest for all present,.