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Of a Hansom Ford at last!
That a " beautiful spring" needs no gaiters.
That the railways have rather got the wind up.
Discussion about the next Commercial Vehicle Show.
That the railway cuts in children's fares are That the weather never :tires of its joke about summer-time.
Of dual ignition in the " good old days," and synchronous firing.
That an over-lubricated engine is like a baseless rumour—it ends in smoke."
That Mr. J. Maughfling, of Thornycrofts, is home again after a business trip to India.
That considerable light will 80011 be thrown upon the vexed question of solid versus pneumatic tyres.
That convertible bodies are all very well, but that the need of conversion lies deeper in some cases.
That the authorities seem to be waking up at last to the unfairness of the present basis of motor taxation.
That it is to be hoped that the Fordson tractor will not " pervade all walks of commercial life." Fancy its running along the Cheapside pavements] That it might, in such circumstances, be called a side tractor.
That the Hvid-type engine is pronounced good by some experts, but that it would be kind of them to tell us how they pronounce Hvid. Do they drop theft?
That current motor tax revenue, adequately capitalized, would finance the construction of 5,000 miles of new trunk roads, and, moreover, employ 50,000 men for ten years.
That a bold new-road policy is wanted in place of thefl present patchwork programme, and that an adequate new-road scheme would double the number of users and so double the revenue—or halve the tax.
Of a suggestion for removable lift bodies interchangeable between road and rail, and of their special suitability to the ceal trade.
That an urban district council recently asked the makers of a combination tip wagon, water cart, and cesspit emptier if the desige could be further developed so that the vehicle could be made to throw gravel!
That a further useful development would include a chimney-sweeping apparatus.
That Mr. Arthur Watson, the new L.N.W.R General Manager, is the principal protagonist of the roads for railways proposals, and that the Midland and other groups are by no means keen on it. Of belt-menders on holiday.
O — That bulk storage is booming.
Of competition for coach-driving jobs. Of Spring coming and sp• rings going.
Of someone who is going to the next Conference. Genoa?
Of suspended animation and animated suspension.
. That Ghandi may have • done the motor trade a bit of good.
Of an entirely, new type of trolley-bus with very low loading line.
Of raw material suppliers nursing the baby and getting tired of it.
Of cold morning motor maxims, tueh as "One good turn deserves another." • That Srhell-Mex should be offering liquid soap soon, then—" every drop tells," you know] That at Dublin they were too busy at the Bull Show to bother about applications for the other one.
That the carburetter is still more or less of a makeshift and the least satisfactory part of a modern car.
Of country-wide sympathY for Mr. Secretary Bristow, and simultaneous testimony to his unsparing energy. • That recently announced developments in Australia should bring a demand for more motor transport "down under."
That Mr. Henry Sturmey has been writing to The Daily Telegraph—and that his statements were, after all, correct.
That he calls Coventry a Bolshevik-ridden town. He ought to know.
That the Dennis people showed a fire-engine and portable pump at the Birmingham British. Industries fair, but that there was no call for its service.
That Lincoln's Lou Fields was a mighty tight squeeze last Saturday, and that the Chief Marshal had his work cut out to get a quart into a pint pot.
That several manufacturers are by no means satisfied with the S.M.M. and T. decision to cut out the Dublin Show, and that it is regarded by them as very bad policy so far as the Irish _market is concerned.