One Hears— AIL if one retains the secret bits. Whisperings of new wheels, rims and tires.
Page 2
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Nothing more about the War Department's plaques for registered vehicles.
That upwards of 50 owners have joined the C.M.U. A. during October.
That Mr. Walter Long's speech of Thursday last has given a shock to enemies of commercial motoring.
That a few English factories will soon be buying American steels because they cannot help themselves.
That good engineering and repair works in London are in as great demand as good hotels and theatres.
That L. J. Martin left for America on the Lusitania last Saturday, for a prolonged tour after his recent severe illness.
That there may soon he occasion for a full page of " C.M.U.A. Legal Defence Cases" in TILE COMMERCIAL MOTOR each week.
That those Drive near left kerb" plates between Hyde Park Corner and Olympia will be much noticed during the nine days of the private-car show.
That H. W. Alinghani, late assistant works manager at the Westinghouse works at King's Cross, where they make Morse chains, brake gear and other things, is shortly to assume an important technical appointment with Hans Rpold, Ltd.
That, from sheer force of habit, a General motorcab driver recently, while driving past the Kennington Garage with two lady passengers on board, suddenly turned into the main entrance with the idea of putting n for the night, and that he had entirely forgotten his fares. A lot of disputation about, petrol and coal consumptions.
That the de Dions are not on the official list of L.G.O.C. chassis for sale.
That the "Show Saturday" dinner applications must be all in by the 3rd inst.
That drivers, as a class, dislike the " C.M." very much, but that our drivers' letters are always worth reading.
That there are great changes on hand at Brixton, and that there is likely to be a *General Post ' there before long.
That Mr. Samuel Samuel's dinner of Monday last, in the Savoy Hotel winter garden, was by universal consent of all present voted another personal triumph for the host.
That Mr. John Bishop, of the Polack headquarters staff, sailed from Southampton, for a world's tour, last Monday, and that Melbourne will be his first port of call.
That Mr. Raymond Dennis made a clinking speech from the chair, on Saturday night last, at the annual dinner and prize-giving of the Guildford, Godalrning, and District Cricket League.
That the London cabowners will never get all the extras by means of their new detective methods, that a new game for the drivers is " spotting the spots," and that no men can do it better.
That Connolly's trade mark is, fitly enough, a capital "C " upon a leaf of holly with a tire surrounding it, but that the proper inflection paradoxically enough is secured only when one does not hear the aspirate in C on holly : That Mr. J. C. Moth, of Commercial Car Hirers, Ltd., told a company of Wakefield gentlemen that the company is prepared to lose money for a time on the motorbus service that is linking up that town with Dewsbury, but that the motors would come for the purpose of earning money in the long run, hence the intention of establishing an efficient service.
That the Bulgarian War Office has decided, in principle, to create a freight-automobile " stud," that the authorities, it appears, are now quite willing to act on the assumption that other countries than France can produce automobiles, and that Bulgarian roads, however, must be improved—one might almost say made—ere much trade is done with lorries and the like for ordinary buyers.