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That the Brussele General Omnibus Co. has ordered some de Dion-Bouton omnibuses.
That a five-ton Foden steamer is on order for McNamara and Co., Ltd., the big London contractors.
That our considered efforts to inform the taxi-using public have been warmly taken up in more senses than one.
That there was a relation between the Sheffield and the Calcutta orders for Leyland fire-engines with Mather-and-Platt turbine pumps.
That more and more commercial-vehicle owners swear by " Shell" motor spirit, and that not a few competing producers consequently swear at That our "Dominion and Overseas" issue of December next has already been marked down on the diaries of most enterprising houses for some two weeks.
That hundreds of people are adopting the averages to which London cab-drivers have testified in respect of " tips," and that they are effecting useful savings accordingly.
That Tux Commaamai, MOTOR is shortly to be put in a position to describe and illustrate a new carburetter of startling novelty, welcome simplicity, amazing economy and proved wearing qualities.
That the Dennis athletic sports and smoking concert, which took place at Guildford on Saturday last, were huge successes, arid that Mr. Raymond Dennis had a large bachelor houseparty at West Uplands for the week-end.
That the Great Eastern London Omnibus Co. has had a good fourth year of trading, that its report and accounts are about to be issued, that the dividend, the writing-off of preliminary expenses and the carry-forward are all larger than ever before, that another £6,500 is added to the depreciation reserve, and that expansion is more than in the air.
That various late-comers are trying to tag themselves on to the taxicab reformation.
That while Winston Churchill keeps an eye on the drivers, David Lloyd George luoks after the taxes.
That the first-published description of the Albion three. twiner will be found in this journal next week.
That part of the General Motorcab Co.'s depot at Brixton is designed for alternative use as a furniture depository, and that this is not an accidental coincidence.
That Daimler-Knight engines of the lower powers are being fitted to Rover chassis, and that this introduction of sleevevalve engines haa much to do with the rise in value of Rover shares.
That Stevenson's " Faransure " tires are also used largely in and around Glasgow, and that their running has left ne'er a doubt in the mind of any user who has tried them as to their good value.
That an official of Burroughs, Welkome and Co. Ltd., the celebrated " tabloid chemists, ' recently cured leak:y, radiator on one of the company's vans by dropping a larg,e-size tabloid of sal-ammoniac into the water.
That at the disastrous drapery fire in Brixton last, week, a petrol-driven fire-pump particularly distinguished itself by reason of its quietness of running and of the volume of its delivery, and that it put the horse-drawn plant in the shade.
That Scotland Yard laid the blame for its " No" upon the front-wheel brakes of the " K.P.L." petrol-electric omnibus, and that, whilst it will probably yield to reason in due course, the present lack of status : is not much liked at Coventry.
That Mr. Horace Bell, of the Gamage-Bell Motorcab Co., is out, to please his drivers at all costs, that he now thinks of stocking halos for presentation purposes w nen mere woras of admiration for the genus fail him, and that Mr. George du Cros is credited with the same conceptions of expedieney.