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" Eyes . . North."
Of still more Fordoniaation.
If not a Foden, try a Ford.
That the Owen Magnetic is at Heaths.
That Taxis are going cheap, if not very far.
That horseless cities are in contemplation.
Of a hope that we may not have to eat tractors.
That coal-gas has now reached the winning-post.
That another new thing in lorries is on the stocks.
Of lengthy lists of orders for vehicles for post-:war delivery.
Of much too much paraffin being wasted on the caterpillars.
Of divergent views as to the possibility of the Aeroplantechnicon.
That Aeroplantechnicon " is not a new name for the "Flying Bedstead."
That if , war isconsidered as a business, it is "sadly wasteful of its -raw. material.
That there is a certain amount of difficulty attendant upon the employment of women as steamwagon driver s mates.
That Manchester rating authorities are pressing for tolls on tramcar passengers to the hindrance of needful developments. That Chester is looking ahead.
That aero engines are being kept higher in more senses than one.
That they still think a 200-mile trip by motor lorry wonderful—in the States.
That Sorensen, of Fords, has sized up British productive capacity very nsefully.
That when Haig strikes it's for England,but .that. someother strikes are against her.
That the American Government's proposal to tax commercial motors is producing much noise.
Of a general lack of foresight on the part of accessory manufacturers for after-the-peace activity.
That the horse consumes a great part of the food he helps to produce, then delays transportation of the remainder.
That a cask of treacle recently burst in a Westsend street, with results which temporarily upset both the police and the traffic.
Of a sentry still mqurited at Farnborough over a. danger building which was demolished tWo frars ago, and that it's a soft job if one costly and wasteful.
That an improver, who was instructed by his charge hand to "fetch a sweep" from the next department, explained disappointedly on his return that he "could only see a painter."
That the County Councils Association is more than uneasy about the projected issue of specianickets to motorbus usens printed on the face to show that the extra levy is due to the "County Council Passenger Tax."