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Of the finding of the missing Link.
Of motor vehicles " taking the waters."
That still waters may run deep, but table waters run farther.
That mad transport is proving a good strain on the. railways.
Flattering comments on Republic service from disinterested parties.
That a good example of a press fit is five fat people in one row on a coach Of petrol vehicles replacing horses even on work involving 25 stops a mile.
R.T.N. on the wicked practice of hugging and how not to behave when out on the loose.
That Christmas brings little cheer to the designers of commercial vehicles for use in India.
That the solid tyre—particularly the superresilient type—will. take a lot of beating.
That tyres last longer on wood wheels owing to the extra resiliency of these compared with steel.
That we all know the S-type bus, but the bus with an• additional "s is quite a. different thing.
Of a congregation of m.otor coaches from all parts of the country at last Saturday's football Cup final.
That motor coach fares to this annual event were much less than the corresponding railway charges.
Of 70 miles on one charge with an Edison accumulator electric vehicle, and this with a battery five years old.
Regarding a certain new accumulator, that its quick-charging claims can be substantiated, although it does not appear to have a much greater capacity. Of the romance of motor coaching on a coffee-stall.
That the transport of table waters is often. siphonic circulation.
That the municipal authorities at Basingstoke have recently fined, a driver of a steam wagon for taking water from a fire hydrant in the town.
That the illustration at the foot of this page is extracted from our German contemporary ,itetor, but that it has been given a new " caption.'
That the designs are well advanced for a new sixwheeled chassis suitable, among other things,' for London omnibus work, and to be pneumatic tyrcd.
• .0 That the motor omnibus and lorry have made severe inroads into mule and camel transport in Africa.
That it has been a quick and wonderful phange from the very ancient to the ultra-modern.
That the coneessionnaires for a prominent French make of taxicab and motor coach chassis are completing their arrangements foe manufacture in this country.
That the factory for the purpose is already purchased.
That Mr. Shrapnell-Smith visited the brewery of Thos. Wethered and Sons, Ltd., at Marlow on Saturday and presented the drivers' medals won in the recent C.M.I.T.A. parade.
That he intended to see for himself if our remarks on brewery cleanliness were. justified.
HERE'S ONE
There once Was a sorry and spent Ford— A broken and battered and bent Ford—
A mass of old junk.
Was the driver then drunk?
Not at all : he had driven through B ntford!