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That certain Indian projects want examination with both eyes, and once again.
That Mr. A. W. Windsor's No. 5 cartoon is reckoned the best of those published so far.
That Saturday's parade will be a huge success, and that one or two people are extremely sorry.
That several of the older fire-engine makers have been considering tenders for up-to.date internal-combustion engines.
That a growing demand is asserting itself for carburetters in which crude alcohol made from sugar residuals can be employed.
That the R.A.C. papers for the International Congress at Brussels may be discussed in London at the opening of the Club's 1910-1911 Session in Oetober next.
That there will be not fewer than 50 petrol-electric motorbuses in London service by -Tune of next year. that they won't come from Coventry, and that some of them are dne in a few weeks from date.
That it's high time the transmission noises and roar from part of a certain large carrier's fleet of steam wagons were cured, or that the nuisance to which they give rise was brought home to the owners.
That the gift of a handsome silver cup by this journal, as a C.M.11.1. trophy to be held each year by an owner, has undoubtedly been 'given a. good send-off by the entry of nine teams of six vehicles each.
That Mr. W. Jnynson-Hicks will propose the toast of " Sueress to the Commercial Motor 'Users Asserintien." at tle. Waldorf Hotel, on the occasion of the official luncheon which is to precede the parade,
That sub-ro.s'a experiments with petrol and oil engines have become common at the works of the largest and oldest makers of steam traction-engines, and that the results have in more than one case been ludicrously bad.
That London taxicab drivers intend to "strike " early in September.
That " Shell " motor spirit will be used for the new Brussels service.
That the Goodchild Co. will probably sell more of its " Auto-Carriers " for private Imes.
That an interesting " Commer-Car " motor fire-engine is now on the stocks at Luton.
That particular big contracts for petrol cannot be renewed at existing low prices, but that others for rubber tires can.
That quicker delivery of " Pneumatic " tire-filling will well. he possible, and that all tests with it have come out y
That the new reinforced tube. which Hall and Searle. Ltd.. is introducing, is purposely too hie for each cover with whieh it is to be used.
That Mr. Julian A. Raiford, fresh from his successful visit to America and Canada.. will reach London in about four weeks from now. and that he still wears a monocle.
That. the Russian Government means to place large orders for military-transport purposes, and that there may be less intermediary difficulty than is mem] in such transactions.
That the announcement of a " Royal-Show " number, which is to be dated the 23rd inst., but published a little earlier, has been noted in the diary or " tickler " of every progressive motor salesman.
That more than 30 ner cent, of the electric-tramway concerns in the United Kingdom are—if deficiencies of provision for interest, sinking-fund and renewals reserve be not overlooked—in a bankrupt condition.
That Sir George .Gibb, Chairman of the RoPti Beard, will not in any way favour railway interests, that he rather thinks the suggestion is an uncharitable one, and that his "inside knowledge " will be wholly at the disposal of hie new colleagues,
That an " Evening News " motorvan, on Sunday service, was full of joy-riders, going across Wanstead Flats.
That a certain steam motor builder in one of the northern counties still uses " flat " drills, even for drilling holes that should bear some resemblance to a circle.
That more works which a few months ago were " slack " are now finding employment for night shifts, in addition to the larger number of men who now clock in during the day.
That a 11,5. A. official in London recently sent home a reproduction of our monthly motorbus chart, which chart was subsequently reproduced in an American contemporary without acknowledgment as TO its source.
That the said chart. showed 100 fewer buses " in commission " for the month of February than were actually bearing police licence-plates at that date, an error which arose through our engraver's using the number for buses " in service "—the error was corrected in the chart. shown in our issue of the 7th April.
That a taxicab driver who complained last Friday to a would-be hirer in Hampstead that he had been 15 hours on duty, and was too tired to take another " fare." referred the intending passenger to paragraph 13 of our " Twenty Taxicab Points," that the man had a copy in his pocket, and that he ako had a " reasonable excuse."
That the Hon. W. A. Deane, to whose European tour brief and exclusive reference was made in last week's issue of THE COMMEWIAL MOTOR, has at present a decided and wise preference for tractors, and that he has, within the last, few days. placed orders for six British-built machines of that. type, heavy-oil (internal-combustion) and steam models sharing the honours.
That Mr. J. C. Brockbank, the new L.G.O. chief depOt superintendent, is a Vickers man, from Erith. * • *
That one provincial cab delta lost £70, owing to the postponement of certain races, consequent upon the Royal funeral.
That Canadian requirements are keeping the oil-tractor department at Marshall's works, Gainsborough, fully occupied.
'rhat a well-known steam-wagon builder is now experimenting with a novel and practical form of combined read roller and goods wagon.
That the new depot, at Conlan Street, _Kilburn. where the L.G.O. Co.'s own X-type machines are to be housed, is to be a sort of " Ideal Home " for motorbuses.
That a new drop curtain at. the Croydon " Empire " contains a life-size picture of a salmon-pink motorbus with a typewriter case in front for a bonnet, and that the back driving wheels are neatly disposed under the conductor's platform.
That the scope for powerfully-backed motor-contracting undertakings is now being recognized more generally, that the force of nur detailed statement of the case 17 mouths age is admitted, and that the " Motor Hiring Special " has borne fruit. well, if tardily.
That the WnIseley sleigh, in the course of recent tests. developed a. meet-remarkable faculty for climbing abnormal gradients, and that, provided the South Pole be not a greasy one. it would not surprise its to hear that it will attempt to get along it to the top.
That the London General Omnibus Co. is making good profits each week. but that its own directors, whilst they are distinctly amused at the erroneous inferences which some people draw from traffic-return comparisons, do not yet know whether the current, year's accounts will disclose the corner turned.