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That Lancashire's loss may be Kent's gain.
That there was fine weather " somewhere " last week-end.
That another unique deal in output purchase is approaching signature form. • * * That Julian IIalford, who sails ox' the 13th August, will be " seen off " by a crowd of friends.
That a well-conceived haulage concern for Lancashire and Cheshire is about to come off the stocks.
That the Renardarain people now mean to make a hard push to get their system used in various parts of the U.K.
That English villages will look funnier still when commercial-motor signs are added to the othersvide cartoon in this
week's " Motor." e • That Mr. A. Green, late of the L.G.O.C., who expected—on occasion—to be able to use fitting epithets in French, has discovered that all his workmen speak Flemish !
That professional opponents of the C.M.E.A. continue on the quiet to try to get themselves admitted to membership of that body's executive committee.
That the managing directors of several London motorcab companies have been " prospecting " with a view to the acquirement of suburban depots.
That the L.C.C. is at last becoming a trifle perturbed about the frequency with which its projecting ttamrails wrench wheels off horse-drawn carts and vans.
That the strength of tar.sprayed roads in seine counties has amazed those who swear by tar-steeped roads in others, and that both can sustain heavy traffic.
That taxi-drivers are as likely to " give away " their correct net earnings, except by accident or the loss of their pocketbooks, as the leopard is to change its spots.
That the few taxi-drivers who pay in all the '' Extras they receive average a full 3s. each per day, and that this distiuctly gives away the game of the thousands who don't.
That large extensions of the Temple-Press premises in Resehery Avenue are in progress, and that there will be plenty of room for everybody to swing nine cats at a time if they choose.
That our leading article entitled " Good-bye to the steam fire-engine," which was published in September, 1908, was admittedly a little more than usual ahead of events—in fact, that it was prophetic.
That some London taxicabbics would like " to bonnet" the Editor of this journal, and that more than 30,000 copies of " Twenty Points for Users of London Taxicabs " are now ill effective circulation. That H.S.H Prince Francis of Teck, Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, will before very long be H.R.H.
That yesterday's meet* of the R.A.C. Committee was saddened by the recent deaths of the Hon. C. S. Rolls and Mr. J. Lyons Sampson—gentlemen who have done an immensity ot service epon it.
That the safety of electrically-welded or oxy-acetylenewelded petrol tails is appealing more and more surely to owners who put a stout job before mere appearances and a few pounds of tsstra metal.
That the present shortage of motorcab drivers is a serious handicap to all the owners, but that they don't appear to have considered the question of a joint-stock loan society to finance good learner-drivers on fair terms, That the forthcoming International Road Congress at Brussels will easily beat that of last year at Paris, both in regard to attendances and the publicity accorded to its proceedings, and that the best route is by S.E. and C. Ry. via Ostend.
That wood-paved roads are proving much cheaper than macadamized roads under motorbus traffic, that householders appreciate the reduction in noise, passengers the fewer jolts, and proprietors the lessened repairs to the vehicles.
That the baggage of Royalty and their guests, following upon impressions made during Captain Fitzwilliam's visit to tho C.M.U.A. parade of last month, will, next month and thereafter, as we forecasted, he conveyed in part by motorvan.
That Col. Crompton's valuable tractor patents may shortly he for sale, and that the rights for his method of arranging the springs below a straight axle in combination with either a central nr a chain drive are worth the immediate attention of agricultural-motor builders.
That, as THE Costatencats Mason forecasted more than four years ago, large-diameter wheels for motorbuses have provided greater comfort for passengers, longevity for the vehicle and low tire costs on Cann'smotor coaches clown South, and that the first London cnmpany to take the hint should make "pots" of money from the change.
That Frood's " Ferodo " brake and clutch lining, which might well be specifically commended to the attention of the engineering staff of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, and to the administration of the motor services of the Federated Malay States Railways more particularly (see page 425), is likely to come into effective use as a wheel-tread before very long. • • •
That Americans are sometimes amused by the misapplication of pseudo-strict hotel regulations in London, such as the unnecessary barring of an innocent evening card party in a sitting-room when two ladies and six gentlemen are present, and that an incident of the kind is furnishing the topic for diverting stories, in not a few New-York clubs just now, at the expense of Mr. William A. Wood, a Kingston, N.Y., who enjoys the fun most of all.