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Many comments, mostly favourable, upon our leader "Exhaust-gas Fallacies Exploded." ' That some were to the effect that it "wanted saying," others that it was the strongest defence put forward on behalf of a power unit of rapidly increasing value and importance to road transport.
That the former London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., had an Orion type double-deck bus in 1904.
That the latest bus body bearing this name is the I.C.W. 58-seater in light metal.
That the great emphasis on disc brakes at the ).T.A. conference must have been satisfying to the
iirling pioneers. "
That the first street tramways in Britain were nstalled at Birkenhead in 1860 by an American with he almost appropriate name of Train.
Queries as to how many tramway systems will :itch their centenaries.
That model vehicles, given by Leyland Motors to .T.A. conference visitors to their works, saved many irents from the expense of "buying for the kid."
Re the Nuneaton proving ground and the iproving of vehicles, that it is often the " ground " 'der the vehicles that needs improving more than ey do.
That if our modern vehicles were as bad as the ads on which they have to travel they would all old crocks. Of someone describing the pave track at Lindley as "a perfect example of doing evil that good may come."
That judging from some of the notable figures engaged in water polo at Blackpool, the next P.T.A. conference should be at a nature-cure establishment of the " orange-a-day " type.