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No Table this Week.
Owing to the fact that the greater part of this issue had to be sent to press early, on account of the Christmas holidays, the usual table of London traffic returns could not be compiled in time to be included. It will again be published, with revised returns, in the first issue of the New Year .
Suspected Suicide.
In the course of the inquest upon a man named Burton, who was killed as the result of being struck by a motorbus in Cannon Street recently, a number of witnesses stated that they considered that the deceased committed suicide. The motorbus was proceeding quite slowly and the man " rushed headlong at the front of the motorbus." The verdict was that death was due to misadventure, and a rider was added exonerating the motorbus driver from all blame.
Seventeen Miles for Sixpence.
Many of the cross-London fares in force on the services of the London General Omnibus Co. have again been reduced, and it is now, in several eases, possible to travel, by General motorbus, three miles for a penny and practically across London for sixpence. The route from Seven Kings to Ealing, 17 miles, lia.s now a through fare of sixpence. Other new sixpenny through fares are : Barnes to Liverpool Street, 10 miles ; Putney to Wanstead, 16 miles ; Ealing to West Ham, 17 miles; Barnes to Plaistow-1-1 miles. Three of the regulations, which have been made under the authority of the City of London (Street Traffic) Regulation Act, 1909, are to be tried experimentally for six months, and then, if they are found to be satisfactory, they are to be permanently approved.
Giving the Others a Chance.
The Llandudno U.D.C. has receives.' an application for a number of licences for public-service vehicles from the manager of the Llandudno Garage and Motor Co. It is understood that the consideration of this application has been deferred for a. period not exceeding a month, in order that anyone else who desires to apply may have an opportunity to do so.
A Tramway Accident.
What is described as a fatal taxicab accident at Beading, was the subject of au inquest that was held recently. Although the victim met his death by collision with a taxicab, it was quite obvious that the eituse of the accident was the fact that more than half the road was blocked by a stationary tramcar which was diseharging passengers from the middle of the road and by a tramcar travelling in the other direction. The driver of the motoreab, in order to pass these various obstructions. had to turn right over on to the off side of the road. He was driving carefully and sounded his hooter and took every precaution that was necessary, The jiiry returned a verdict of accidental death and exonerated the driver from all blame. They should have added a rider as to the dangers of local tramway traffic.
More Mudguards.
Mr. H. J. Shrapnel asks us to notify the fact of his having established himself in business at 266a, South Lambeth Road, London, SE., apart from the Shrapnel Splash Guard Co., Ltd., and that he will shortly be placing a new and improved mudguard on the market at a reduced price.
Return of the Dumpbuses.
The travelling " dump " shops, which were in reality motorbuses be longing to the British Automobile Development Co. (they were illustrated in our issue of the 8th inst.), have returned to their headquarters in London. This fleet of vehicles, each of which averaged a trip of about 600 miles in length, followed routes which took them through the thick of
many electoral contests. Eight or 10 towns or villages were visited in the course of each day. It is stated that their mission in every case was satisfactorily accomplished.
A Long Char-a-banc0Trip. We have received particulars from the Barnsley Motor Co. of a satisfactory long-distance trip which was accomplished by one of this concern's motor chars-it-bares this year. The machine left Barnsley and travelled via Wakefield, Bradford, Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Settle, Kirkby, Kendal, Windermere and Ambleside, and covered 105 miles in six hours, on a consumption of 10 gallons of petrol with 19 passengers up. On the following day, the journey was continued via Skelwith Bridge, Coniston, Rydal, Grasmere, Thirlmere, Armbroth, and Keswick—a further trip of 55 miles on six gallons of petrol. The return journey for Barnsley was commenced on the following day at 2 p.m. from Bowness, and the 100-mile return trip home, with several stoppages at places of interest, was completed in 8 hours. The petrol consumption for the whole journey was only 26 gallons. The same journey was accomplished in 1909 with a consumption of 8 gallons more petrol and the Barnsley Co. tell us that they attribute the saving effected on this year's trip to the fitting of a Claudel Hobson carburetter. The char-abanes used on the above occasion was a Durham-Churchill, and it is hooked to have covered over 15,000 miles in 15 months.