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Rubber cut rubber.
Much when the driver misses.
More evidences of trade cheerfulness.
Of sleeve-valve workings commercial-vehiclewards. That the factory cannot yet keep pace with the demand for C.M.U.A. badges.
Of a renewed controversy about the value of the metric system for linear measurements,
That several heavy makers hope to beat the RollsRoyce record of 57 gross ton-miles of work over the road per gallon of petrol.
That the move to petrol is engaging various steam stalwarts, but that they will by no means let go their hold on the older power.
That some Scottish and other owners who will receive the Continental tire bonus will prefer not to pass on the bawbees to their drivers.
That one of Joseph Rank's Fodens might also have been caught outside the R.A.C. had it happened to come along while the photographer was there.
That Edison's new battery, which is now on show at Olympia, is going to revolutionize road traffic here, a report which one has surely heard for years.
That if all slow-moving traffic were to be driven near the left kerb motorbus passengers would often have to be put down in the mud like those who use tramcars.
That the porter who is promoted to charge of a motor immediately at first suffers from motor-vanity,. whilst it is motor-ataxy which bothers the newlyfledged cabby.
That the L.C.C. did slip through Parliament due powers to erect the obstructive waiting-rooms on the Thames Embankment, and that the feat was smartly achieved on the quiet.
That in Barnsley, Yorks., most of the horsed vehicles have track-widths to suit the tramways, and that the drivers generally come down the bad hills with their skidpans on the rails.
That a Yorkshire daily paper sonic months ago made the unfortunate mistake of recording in full detail the inauguration of the Leeds-Manchester mail service which was only started last Monday.
That the fourth annual " Show Saturday" dinner will take place on Friday, the 11th of November, the original title for this gathering being retained on account of the day on which it is presumed that it will conclude.
That the great pull which motor chars-k-banes have over horsed conveyances in many hilly seaside districts is the fact that passengers do not have to walk up and down all the bad hills, and that pleasure seekers do not mind the increased charges which insure their being carried all the way. That the Ar.gyll people like front-wheel brakes.
Many more tales of wonderful emergency trips to Blackpool during the late "strike week."
That owners of subsidized petrol lorries are likely to find the inspection programme no end of an expense.
That orders for seats at the Liverpool Trials Anniversary Dinner on the Nth inst. are coming in freely already.
That Clayton's will show at the forthcoming Brewing Trades Exhibition for the first time, and that. they were lucky to get space.
That the manager of the Commercial Tyre Co., Ltd., is only called Mr. Katie Fenner by certain facetious friends, since his real front initial is "L."
That the Tattershall mantelpieces, about which there has been considerable excitement in some quarters, were removed from Lincolnshire to London on a steam wagon owned by MeNamaras.
That at the Crystal Palace Brass Band Festival, whilst Perfection Soap Works carried all before them, last year's winners and this year's runners-upFoch-ins—usually carry all behind them.
That the city surveyor of Chester has adapted a clever . mechanical contrivance for the automatic spreading of sand, gravel or chippings, and that it whacks hand labour sideways and all ways.
That, during the trial trip last Saturday of the new Leeds-Manchester mail service, during a halt at Huddersfield, at midnight, one member of the party was hailed by two lathes, who took him for the driver of an antiquated by-standing four-wheeler.
That many officers, when wishing to return to Aldershot in the " wee sma' hours " per taxicab, are careful to select vehicles which belong to a certain company, most of whose men are new at the game, and who are likely to be content with a small tip over the single fare.
That street subways in any German city simply have to be used as they are made, so well are our Teutonic neighbours accustomed to fall in with official views as to what they should do, but that it would take a couple of London policemen per pedestrian to make Englishmen subterranean.
That that picturesque Devonshire show-place, Clovelly, is now the rendezvous for such a. large number of crowded motor chars41-bancs from distant holiday centres. that, in spite of the compulsory halt at the top of the staircase, it has undoubtedly lost much of the charm of its erstwhile seclusion.
In imagination, the language of the surprised taxidriver who recently arrived at a point, somewhere in the city, minus his "fare," and that motorcabdrivers should make sure, when engaged for a round of visits, that the cab is really occupied each time they start off again, and should not move away because they happen to hear the door slammed, as this may be due to the obliging attention of some cornerman or tout..