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Still of instability in petrol prices.
Of super ability behind most super-heat.
That big motorbuses may yet go upon balloons.
That no railway kick can road transport unstick. That it's becoming easier to use many Scottish roads, That when the tripper's at play the rain's seldem away, That no Quality Street can be as well served 'by traincars as by motorbuses, That a country's progress can be pretty accurately gauged by the state of her roads.
Anent the above—" Stands England where she did?"
That a chassis capable of "going anywhere that it is taken" may be a goer or a stayei.:.
Of taxiinen feeling sure, or 'isling to feel sure, that fares Will go up again in a few months' time.
That, whilst a red-light shows from the greatest distance, it throws any light it gives the shortest.
There are still hundreds of ,thousands in London who walk daily beside motorbuses instead of into their
insides, That the bigger the bus the -bigger the business—, That a settlement of terms for the rebuilding of the tolibridge at Thorne (South Yorkshire Navigation) still hangs fire.
That .where propaganda Work is concerned it's hard to draw the line between those who want to help and those who seek to shine.
Of much argument centred around the 'use of topcovered double-deck buses, but unanimous agreement as w their merit among those who have to travel during the peak-load hours.
That.more local authorities are preparing to give aid to the local .industrieg in their rateable areas in respect _ of calling to order canal and railway companies about their neglected bridges. .
How a lucky motor driver who ran into a swarm of bees on the bend of a hill escaped without a single sting, although his -face was covered withthe insects and many got down inside his' waistcoat; That the accomplishment of Mr.-G. W. Watson in perfecting the. Vapour Oil.system has been to make -it function automatically without fume or smoke at variable engine loads and rapid throttle changes by feeding petrol to the pilot jot and ail to the main. Of the first wasp.
That wasps should be seen and not felt.
That no wheel can wander if Dewandred. Uneasy lies the tyre that knows no Schrader. 'roo often of that bay-cart just round the bend.
That in summer almost every road is a coach-road.
Of coke prices down with a bump—and about time;
too, • That the battery• remains the heart of any ignition set.
That the C.L.C. is not to be let do as it likes at Helsby.
Of more fraternal gestures from the L.C.C. towards the L.G.O.C.
Still of many a corner that has gone blind from old age—of hedge growth.
Of parity and disparity as between sister chassis in different ownerships: Of priority lists at the Ministry of Transport in respect of road improvements.
Of hopelessly inadequate railway accommodation for the crowds who visited Chichester show. •
That whilst several leading insurance companies have " Royal" in their names,their -success came by
no royal road. • That ratepayers and other road users in numerous areas where roads have been recently almost water= logged are none too happy.
• That the C.M.T_T.A. has issued a call to members to mark Welt its generalsecretary's completion in November next of 21 years of unremitting service to them.
• That the transport scheme -of any modernized trade seldom provides nowadays for less than 20 per cent. of its traffic by road and in some cases touches 80 per cent.
That the annoyance and irritation caused by the indifference behind his shutter of the average railway booking-clerk, for whose condescension.and convenience passengers by rail have SO often to wait, is a valuable, if unintended, aid to many a bus company.