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That rails on roads are riling.
Of chicanery in run-over chickens.
That standing committees often sit far too long.
That an Irish bus owner's lot is not a happy one.
Of vehicle drivers avoiding Hyde Park after dark.
That Colonel Day is worrying about the drivers' day.
That London traffic is a marvel to some U.S.A. ex perts. 0 Of a dance In a fire-station—the engines being wallflowers.
That America it' all out for the South African bus market.
That now is the time for summer-holidays-by-coach ropaganda. 0 That white lines at Prescott bloom only on race days and holidays.
That railway rates may, for ,certain classifications, go higher yet. .
That a reckless driver nullifies the value of a special advertising body.
That the lower the load-line the lower the loading costs is a fairly general rule.
That M. Fejes believes that the need for motor construction reform is a pressing one.
Of enterprising proprietors at Minehead, Somerset, running a Rolls-Royce char-à-banes at ordinary rates.
That one advantage of " gasoline " over " petrol " is that it can be abbreviated to "gas" without losing its character, whereas "pet—."
That you can send your goods the long, long rail way (which costs more than a mere song), but the short way (that Makes less song about it) is by road.
That . this slight perversion of Shakespeare is no perversion of the truth—" 'Tis the bright day brings forth the painter's ladder and craves wary walking." _0 _— That owners of motorbuses in some provincial towns might with advantage do more to provide special services on Sundays timed to suit the services at selected village churches round about.
That Oliver Croixiwell's statue at Manchesteris in the way of commercial motor traffic and, like Charles I, it is to be removed—but the execution will be hy lorry.
In confutation of the claim that foreigners are more polite than the English:— " Passengers are earnestly requested to abstain from the dangerous and objectionable habit of spitting.'
" Niet spuen."' Q.E.D. Little else but Budget discussions recently.
• Of traces of " man with the red flag" spirit.
Of the latest London slogan " Read marks and turn."
That London air is dense with dust from demolition debris. 0 That a little paraffin is often worth a lot of hammering.
Of possible omnibus services between Worcester and London. 0 Of Upton-on-Severn unable to find a bus parking place in the town. 0 That when tyres develop fiats the tired traveller develops corns. 0 That residents in Cromwell Road say "Take away that burble "—of exhausts.
That a gas-producer may fill its belly with husks without being considered prodigal.
That with producer-gas -there is more steady pull on the higher gears and less pull on the pocket.
That London strikes visitors. as being in a state of eruption, transition' and evolution.
That employees approve of the use of a works runabout because it saves them from having to.
That Americans who admire our traffic have plenty of time and opportunity to study it during hold-ups.
A steam wagon driver's Criticism of his fuel :-"There ain't enough coal in it to heat the stones in it!"
That the consummation of the careful fleet engineer is for his engine to consume as little petrol as is possible.
That night traps to catch too speedy lorry drivers are being worked on the Watling Street in Bedfordshire.
That the compulsory use of the rear red light on bicycles is as yet only a spectrum line in the Parliamentary firmament.
That there is a marked comparison between the transport vehicles of two of London's largest caterers, one still adhering to horsed vehicles.
Still of many drivers who, athough travelling close to the kerb, put out their right hand before taking a left-hand turn, thus unnecessarily slowing overtaking traffic.