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the road bored much too often.
That if -you are " long " of rubber now the game will net belong to you.
That. the first-aid jet on a motor fire-engine is sometimes also used to wash off the mud after a run.
That there is every prospect that the Dublin sidecar-drivers will talk themselves hoarse at the anti-tax protest meetings.
That the vaulted arch of heaven served as the garage for a prominent manufacturer's private car on Saturday night last, which fortunately was a bright one, but that there were neitle2r blameworthy causes nor evil consequences. That a flood of new spare wheels is restrained only by the half-sheet of paper which may hold a certain judgment.
That more than 50 registered owners of W.O. wagons and tractors will attend or be represented at Monday's meeting.
That Liverpool people did sio*t, like the Editor's reference to their city as a corner, but that they know it is the real
situation. • That our page reproduction of the G.P.O. Christnias and New-Year mailing lists has been given a "facing-the-head " place in quite a number of offices.
That, " The Dominion and Overseas Issue " of December next does not require to be advertised, but that people in Editorial and other offices really cannot help talking about it.
That a reference by Mr. Thomson Lynn to the zoological propensities of horse-van owners, at the R.A.C. discussion in the Brussels papers, was quite the humorous hit of the evening.
That. the " Commer-Car " sales staff is keen to arrange a friendly team shoot on a miniature rifle range, and that other firms' staffs are invited not to " wait months for particulars."
That Mr. W. Joyheon-Hicks will be Chairman of the combined Automobile Association and Motor Union, and that hopes of finding a terse name for the coalition have been
abandoned.
That convivialities of the next fortnight will cause dyspeptic and gouty tendencies to twinge some inner-circle motormen and pressmen, but that no limp young juniors will have the chance to suffer.
That a firm of London horsedealers recently lodged a claim for damages to one of their animals against a:Municipal Body, on the ground that it had been injured through slipping down on some horse-droppings.
That Mr. W. Rees Jeffreys was given a souvenir at, the dinner of the Roads Improvement Association, on Tuesday night last, at the Trocadero Restaurant, that the presentation took the form of a special desk and chair, but that only the engraved plate for the desk was there.
That, as it is still a hackney carriage, a high-powered private-hire car cannot be rated at more than £3 3e. per annum for additional carriage tax, but that, as it is not a hackney carriage which stands or plies for hire, it cannot be classed so as to rank for the 1A. rebate on any petrol it uses.