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"Flag the Show."
That the Show will not show any flagging.
That 1927 is to be the rubber successor of 1912.
That all work and no play causes a vehicle to wear away.
That the fogs may show only their whitest of white feathers.
Of too many road improvements left in an unfinished condition.
That "Hints on Maintenance" are not a cure-all for the impecunious.
That it's unusual to be thicker as well as lighter, yet oil is than water.
That autumn has had its automatic effects upon bus and coach revenues.
That the Commercial Motor Show will be a "bumper" —in the figurative sense.
Of some users who expect their vehicles—like Tennyson's brook—to go on for ever.
That there'll be no crush of people, although a real one of good things at our Olympia.
That before very long there may be a lasting link set up between the S.M.M. and T. and the C.M.U.A.
Of insufficient mbney throughout British industries to support even the trade societies that deserve to survive.
Of more bus instructions, obstructions and ructions in the Potteries area of the Five Towns, and of auctions to follow.
That Thursday's official and Press luncheon by the S.M.M. and T. will give a good send-off to the Olympia Show of commercial motors.
That relative usefulness on the highway is rapidly becoming a vital criterion of the merit and necessity of any particular instance of motor traffic.
That money taken in fares during bus operation is soon to be made to count itself, and that this will be due to a new ticket-issuing system for conductors that helps the individijal while beating any baud.
That white lines on road surfaces are proving to Impose effective safety-first checks upon excessive speeds at curves and corners, and that being "over the line" now has a new meaning as well as tending to provide a new element in evidence.
That all C.M.U.A. members and other interested users who wish to attend the congress at Olympia on November 5th should write at once to the General Secretary of the Association, Mr. F. G. Bristow, at 50,, Pall Mall, S.W.1, and make application for cards of admission. Of taxation complexes anti complexities. That load-lines for 1926 will be worn low.
That the cost of living is still a vicious zig-ztig.
Of the new Vandervell starter as a star turn.
"Those small cars do seem to get in the way, don't they?"
That pep, push and personality are puissant possessions.
That inside Olympia at any rate prospects are quite bright.
That Sussex has some really good roads in the making.
Of an awkward corner, in Sussex, where the newly . painted white lines are generally blocked by standing vehicles. 0 The suggestion that the C.M. should forecast Show weather.
That Ulster's wheels of industry am slowed by a tangle of red tape.
That although you can't bet on all makes of lorries, you can safely back most of them.
That, judging by last week's "Here's One," America must be bursting with scrap metal.
That the rate-cutter may be "always with us," but there's little trace of him in the L.C.C.
That rate-cutting is like the confidence trick—it's amazing that anyone can be taken in by it.
Someone complaining that half his income goes in rates and taxes and the rest in freights and taxis.
Someone asking if there are "boxing gloves" behinti the " B.?. " bus to show that there's a punch in its spirit.
That the illustrated inset in this issue dealing with the Vulcan coach makes us long for a real summer and similar amenities.
That there may be a most surprising four-grottp Railway Bill announced and deposited next month in relation to roads and road traffic.
That next week's issue of The Commercial MOtorthe Show Report Number—will be published this week, to wit, on the morning of Saturday, October 31st.