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That engineers are to rule 1926. That lightness is the seed of speed.
Of steam as the coming year's grand national.
That the rub about rubber is to keep it robust. That to-day's freak may be to-morrow's standard.
That sales and service are two very hot chestnuts to handle That the attack on the Road Fund is creating its defences.
Of thin takings temporarily thickened on country bus routes. 0 That one bus on the road is worth more than two in the garage.
That the state of London traffic is shortly to be less than terrific.
Of dud lubricating oils hurting gudgeons and destroying big-ends.
That not every lightened bus-body carries on as was expected of it. 0 "The higher the speed above 20 m.p.h. the higher the accident ratio."
That the threat of increased taxation makes a call for new staying powers.
That it is difficult to distinguish between the buyer and sightseer at shows.
That motor-coach touring in the Irish Free State is to be boomed next year.
That municipal circles are becoming the vicious ones in more motorbus areas.
That the shake-up over the Road Fund is tending to become comparable to an. earthquake.
That circumstances point to an early resumption of stripping for benzoic by certain gas companies.
That it's a mild way of putting it to say the lid may be put on many colliery undertakings next May.
That a ton of coal in hand may be worth four or more at the pit.
That bookings for saloon and other single-deck motorbuses for New Year dance and other parties are phenomenal.
That Canada's temptation of passages at £3 per emigrant provides a new low record in published fares per passenger-mile.
That not everybody knows the extent to which Harry Ricardo has as a partner in his technical triumphs Harry Hetherington.
That playing new Harry with internal-combustion engines has been proved to prevent many owners and drivers playing old Harry with them. That coil ignition may come back.
More about the two-seater cab and fares. That all-weather coaching wants pushing.
That 'a patent is not portent of a fortune.
Of rebound dampers "growing up" for heavies. That rising tyre costs often mean falling profits. That hundred-thousand-milers are quite common. That -taxation, like a fish, may change its scales.
That roads are the governing factor of bus speeds.
That tyres seem to be out for the altitude record.
That, when rain enters the coach, the passengers leave.
That you may distribute books, but you cannot make men read. 0 ' That motorbuses have derailed the finances of many tramways.
That the number of users who do not keep cost records is surprising.
That making white lines fast has nothing to do with vehicle speed.
That the idea still persists that all vehicles should stop for tpains.
That the coach can be an alternative to the train, even at Christmas.
That " openwork " tyres are not cheaper by reason of the bits left out.
That one breakdown every 36,000 miles is a record many ear owners envy.
That "gyratory movement" is not intended to be funny—but it might be.
Less than one had hoped of the Diesel engine for road work on the Continent.
That, in view of the rise in rubber, many are thinking of giving up using tyres—in favour of selling them.
That a salesman should not always size up a man by his clothes, for a buyer may not always look like one.