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"Who said no tire competition?"
That the fuel quest is no fool job.
That farmers have money to burn.
That the fuel crises are approaching.
Of good orders for Wells at Dunstable.
Of chars-h-bancs taking sheep to market.
That steam has regained favour all round.
Of agrimotor orders in lots of 50 at a time.
That new fuels will be the 1916-1917 matter. Continental decision has helped hi win That the the war. That the the war.
--0 Happy are the engines that may still turn a few weeks hence.
That it will soon be a case, not of two fuels but of any fuel at all.
That available surpluses of paraffin are being picked up by the wise.
That rebuilt vehicles will exalt the second-hand after-war market.
That electrics look sparkingly hopeful—subject to licences to import.
That the two-fuel carburetter has scope beyond paraffin and petrol.
That paraffin•carburetter makers must be allowed materials in Class A.
That anybody who sent £1 lls, 6d. twthe must send os. 3d. more.
That it's useless to have to put goods on rails, simply to see them stay there.
That water is now given away to steam-lorry men at scores of coal and coke depots.
That the Petrol Control Committee Must not show bias in favour of the railways per se.
That Binks fuel is being distributed by the Anglo people—and good luck to both of them.
That fuels are wanted now—not when this, that and Vother have brought in alcohol and a new class of engine.
That F. J. Wood's yellow-sided Straker wagon was seen demonstrating to some purpose at Manchester last week, From a farmer, trying the seat at the back of one of the agrimotors, "It would wear your skin off in about five minutes.
That • it's high time the S.M.M.T. moved with money, and did something real to find a new fuel for existing engines.
That Steward-of-Finance Thos. L. Aveling, the popular Royal Thames yachtsman, looked gleeful as the " Royal" coffers re-filled on Thursday last. Sometimes by telepathy.
Of the impertinence of effort.
By word of mouth as well as letter.
"If you want to find out, write THE Halting estimates of what a day may bring forth in gal Ions.
That not a few chars-A-bancs are taking their last runs on petrol.
That more and more new fuels are needed to take the place of petrol.
That the use of the C.M.U.A. badge in advertisements is to be regulated.
That the Daimler ropes and posts at the Royal Show were reminiscent of Olympia.
That compressed coal-gas will come to the rescue of many petrol-vehicle owners.
That the Impleinent Section took a lot of spacing out by the R.A.S.E. surveyor.
That the time of their lives has now come the way of numerous second-hand dealers.
That the C.M.U.A. secretary is recognized to be engaged on important national work.
That electricity and 'gas works will be hard put to it next winter to get the coal they want.
That the man who thought there was a reverse on the Wyles plough has now reversed his opinion.
That some men from the Front get lost more readily on the Underground than in a maze of trenches.
That relatively the things nowadays are those which are normally most-expensive luxuries.
That the official garage near the Withington entrance was badly stymied by the unofficial one nearer the main road.
That landed stocks of U.S.A. chassis will keep things going for a good long bite into the rest of this year's demand for certain importers.
That 99 out of 100 A.S.C., officys very pro perly resent with indignation the aspersions on their effeetive control of petrol consumption.
That people are economizing by buying more toffees and fewer chocolates, and that much of the toffee is delivered from the works by motorvans.
That this journal's prophecy of last year, that the Minister of Munitions would eventually take charge of the motor-vehicle output of the country, was not very wide of the mark.
From "The Winning Post," that Gerald Biss's little daughter wanted to be let read "The Comical Motor" one day when she GaNIT an issue of our heavy self in her daddy's study.
That the female staff of a certain W.V.R. depot, after procuring male assistance to start up a powerful donated car, decided to save future trouble by letting the engine run all night.