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Of Midland "Red" travellers who do not run amok.
Of the gentleman who had good value in 100 mile's for 5s. 6d.
That many more car Manufacturers will enter the light-van field shortly.
Of the cutting of a " straight eight" in half to make two four-cylinder van engines!
That, with two more cuts, a set of motorcycle "twin" engines could be obtained.
Of an old lady seen steadily olimbing up the descending escalator at Charing Cross Station.
That she remarked, "Ain't it crool to have to come up this way?"
That James Watt did not concern himself with road transport because of his conservative attitude towards boiler pressures.
That this celebrated engineer considered 5 lb. per sq. in. the limit of safety.
That this view was probably justified, as wroughtiron boiler plates with brazed joints were used.
That Adam Smith, in his "Wealth of Nations," rightly referred to road improvements as "the greatest of all improvements."
That the Indian road shown in the centre-page photographs in The Commercial Motor last week looked nearly as bad as certain Metropolitan thoroughfares. That load-sense is important, too.
Of one-way roads for London traffic.
Of London road schemes that will cost millions.
Of a scheme to convert Regent's Canal into a road for motors.
Re the petition of the Truro City Council, that the answer is a lemon.
That "Mr. Coachowner " might not care to admit that 30 miles per hour.
That the L.G.O.C.'s fleet of buses is approaching the five thousand mark.
That the Solex advertisement illustrated the need for that compulsory rear-view minor.
That, on seeing our photographs from India, no one envied the 30-cwt. subsidy model its portion.
That the City of London's night population is only 14,000, whereas its day population is over 400,000.
That these figures give some idea of the part shared by road traffic in conveying workers to and from their homes.
Of a fellow who said that another fellow told him they were using 56-wheeled motorbuses on the Paris streets.