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Wails from the commercialmotorless.
Maeh less than before from the hoise-proud.
That L.G.O.C. ordinary stock will go to before July.
That Mr. Herbert Frood may yet be seen in a suit of Ferodo.
Ridicule's effective turning on the sneering jitter of five years ago.
That Tunbridge Wells likes its motor chars-a-banes, and that the vehicles are paying well.
That heads are being put together Birminghamaids with regard to l5-cwt.-van propositions.
That an " ecclesiastical hung' is a speciality that was invented during the hearing of a very-dry sermon.
That there will be more than a few heavy-traffic men at the R.A.C. Founders Dinner on the 5th prox.
That the directors of the London Asiatic Rubber Co. recently bought a Hanford four-tonner for use in Malacca.
That " One Hears," sad though it may be to record it, is the first page of the " CM." to which runny of our readers turn_ That the suggestion for welding instead of sealing taximeter actuating-mechanism is welcomed hy verymany taxicab owners.
That the projected National Automobile Council will consolidate essential relations between owners ot private and commercial motors.
That Mr. John Burns is not at all keen on fresh motorcar legislation just at present—nor on changes in Departmental Regulations either.
That the A.A. and M.U. may be the only body to say that it will not join the Union of Hearts, but that such a refusal would be particularly ill-timed.
That the C.M.U.A. has received word that. numerous Colonial and other Coronation-year visitors will take the closest interest in this year's parade.
That the L.G.O.C. might do worse than increase the frequency of its services to and from London Bridge Station, inclusive of a new one along the Strand line.
That the invited makers are themselves inclined In agree t hat the War Office should give each of them a cash inducement to agree to immediate changes cif standard in their proved models.
That members of the Commercial Motor Isers A sociation rather like the new method of emphasizing in type the official connection between that body and this journal, in the form of special lettering at. 'the top of the front cover, in accordance with a resolution of the Executive Committee.
That members of the L.C.C. may he roughly divided into the two divisions of pro-tram enthusiasts and eeonomy-over-everything faddists, with the result that there is as much likelihood of money's being voied for aeroplane stations as for connecting roads or (■ther road improvements to facilitate general traffic.
That detachable taxicab wheels assist the would-be dishonest driver.
That our poster last week was rather a geographical poser to many people.
That there is only one way of operating a sleevevalve engine which has not yet been patented.
That there is likely to be something of a reaction in favour of the horse—just for the Coronation year.
That country motor services will forge ahead more successfully than ever, so soon as asphaltic-bound roads become the vogue.
That rubber companies somehow contrive to continue to pay good dividends, and that their profits are not all made out. of matting.
Many confirmations from luckless patentees of the opinions expressed in a recent " c.31." Editorial entitled " The Uselessness of Patents."
That n ex-huntsman, ducts a motor business, teeth of gear wheels, as old horses. who now successfully contalks of " bishoping" the he once did of the teeth of That a lady recently explained the steaming radiator of a petrol motorbus by saying to a companion: "You see, dear, they must let off steam sometimes."
That supplies of tar and pitch have been in a measore "cornered," but that, there are millions of tons of high-grade Cuban asphalt to be secured at reasonable prices.
That the huge overhead tanks, which are a feature of certain of London's largest cab garages, are locally supposed to be full of petrol, and that they are respected accordingly.
That Diogenes was not an early director of the Steel Barrel Co., but that he spared no efforts to secure publicity for the early models that were produced by one of that concern's predecessors.
That the old gentleman has no connection with certain famous Russian tires, which are not for old nick at all and of which we hear only good accounts, and that these tires do hang on to life with marvellous tenacity.
That one of the taxicab companies, which is drawing its supplies of new drivers partly from the Labour Exchanges, experiences some difficulty in getting the poverty-stricken applicants of this class to sign an agreement which provides for a £5 fine in certain instances.
That people who rant about loss of employment due to the replacement of horses by motors forget that Nature repairs the " innards " of the horse, whereas fitters and other mechanics repair those of motorbuses, motorcabs, motorvans, etc., and earn good wages for their work_ That the L.G.O.C., now it has so few horses left for disposal, has several premises for sale or letting, and that it may be worth while for London motorcab proprietors, several of whom are on the look-out for midi tional properties, to obtain particulars from Mr. John Christopher Mitchell.