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Of an extra airing. Of trains and tramps.
Of buses and hustle. . .
Of the bus man's holiday: Of the Grand National Easter.
Of the lure of the countryside.
Of being " all ears "for " One Hears-7—." Of jolly days for holidays after squalid days. "Hard lines! " as the tramcar said to the has. That an orchestral society-is starting Haendel.
That it is often the mare that makes the money go.
Complaints by the tramway-car of heavy overhead charges.
That you -must take your stand before you can get your seat.. .
That the inner tube has nothing to do with the Outer Circle. • " Exqueuese me " as the weary one remarked when he had had enough of waiting in the line.
That the competition in parade perfection between .)Sholl-Mex, Ltd., and Thomas Wethered and Sons,, Ltd., is becoming acute.
That Mr. Butt and Mr. Ambler, introduced to each other by the Editor of The Commercial Motor, both smilingly promised that their vehicles should be unapproachable for cleanliness and beauty at the next Parade. Of the tractor-lorry as an out law.
Of some fares down on the Southdowns.
Of German li(e)a.bilities•and British asse(t)s.
Of important cab developments foreshadowed in the Metropolis.
That even a producer cannot produce unless it has money behind it.
Of the useful microbe that will produce motor spirit from waste paper.
That there is an opening for inventive genius on efficient lubrication.
Of trouble with tank wagons unproyided with baffles and run half empty.
That the surging of the liquid sometimes makes the drivers miss the gears.
That if a driver can sleep on a service vehicle, why not -passengers on extended tours.
That the new crane for open lorry bodies appears to be not only ingenious hut a useful appendage.
That with a. front-wheel-brake enthusiast at the head of the LAX., we may expect to hear More of this subject.
That it has taken a lot of work to find wear in a certain 4-ton Bristol which was sent in for overhaul after 75,000 miles.
That an extra mile (or even mm's) to the gallon is being talked about in the experimental department of one of the prominent makers.
That the Dunkley motor pram was invited to attend at the opening of the Blue Bird filling station, bat that it was apparently requisitioned for use else. where.
That it is hoped the letter to the Home Secretary to Bedfordshire fines may have some effect, but the matter seems to he one for an association—such as the C.M.17.A.—to take up.
That one reason for the increa,sing favour shown to one-piece gearboxes is that, with the split type, a piece of swarf between the halves while boring may cause the bearings to be forced oval.