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30th July 1914, Page 17
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Keywords : Taxicab, Baraut

By "Tile Extractor."

Road hogs are of various kinds, and, as far as my own experience goes, the commercial-vehicle driver is quite considerate. It happens at times that you cannot make him hear when you desire to pass. In country districts. I have found the drivers of horsed chars-a-bancs think it a very clever thing to keep motorcars at the back, and their beery passengers think the proceeding highly diverting. I say beery because the horse-drawn vehicles seem to pull up about every five miles as a result of an understanding with the various hotels est route. Anyhow, drivers of lorries and vans invariably move over to the heftwhen desired, but I hear of a road hog in the employ of a big company as demonstrator who regards himself as a perfect hero if he can take the centre of the road and hold back a pleasure car now and again. One would not think, however, that responsible salesmen would applaud and encourage a man of this character deliberately to obstruct. A recent case in which this individual was concerned came under my notice where he purposely kept two motorcars behind on a main road for eight miles. An action would have been brought against hint and doubtless an adequate fine imposed, especially as he was carrying someone else's licence at the !line, but business considerations intervened. This hog's firm happened to be important clients of the gentleman who was obstructed. My illmarks. however, concern those efficials of his firm who pat him an he back and repeat the adventure to their friends with tremendous satisfaction. These officials cannot he said to have the interests of their firm or of the movement very much at heart, because, sooner or later, their hog will involve them in expense and discredit. Incidents of the kind create enemies. It was an old-timer and a " onelunger " at that. They had fitted it up with a box body, and I had observed them tinkering at it in front of some business premises in a street near toy home many a time and oft as I have passed. On Sunday it was evidently starting out on a pleasure jaunt, because, as I happened along, it was loaded up with a family in holiday array. T had begun to take such an interest in this resurrection, that, when I saw it really start with a living cargo aboard. I inwardly wished them luck and felt a strange exultation. As T came up with them, however, a few yards from their start, the one-lung, at first so definite, so decided in its reverberation, faintly coughed itself out, The driver once again got down, and this time with a look of infinite weariness and con

tempt, said " give thrippence for it."

The annual outing of the St. Helens Cable and Rubber Co. took place at Llandudno, the party numbering over N. The dinner at the Grand Hotel was presided over by Mr. J. H. C. Breoking, the general manager, who, in proposing the toast of prosperity to the company, expressed his gratitude to the staff for working so ably during the past few years as to make a success of what was before then a very struggling concern.

011a Podrida.

Mr. H. Spurner, Jun., of Leyland Motors, Ltd., is by this time on the west coast of Scotland on his new yacht.

The Bosch people are busily engaged preparing that lighting set for commercial vehicles which I understand will be marketed at a very

moderate price.

Dyson and Dudley, Ltd., has now the sole right for standing taxicabs at the Central Station, Manchester. Mr. Dudley is well known in connection with the Belsize Co. and remains in their service.

Considerable progress has been made by the makers of Baraut brake lining. One large bus coin. pany in London is now using this material; and it is making headway elsewhere.

Manufacturers will learn with interest that Bergisehe steels were. used for the three Mercedes cars which recently won the Grand Prix de France.

Mr. W. A. Stevens is busy " down under" with bus propaganda. Ile will, no doubt, find plenty of scope for his persuasive powers in regard to petrol-electric schemes.


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