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6th June 1922, Page 3
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That this is C.41.1.'s CM. Summer all hail.

01 the lorry with a pedigree.

Golden opinions of Golden Pumps.

Of Leyland birdcages in Calcutta.

Already of plans for water rationing.

That it was certainly a Coaching Derby.

That vehicles should roar along on " Lion " oils. " Vim " prophesying the golden age of the agent That it is safer to back mechanical road transport Of increasing use of a Fordson as a road tractor "Do not kill the golden pump which gives the gallons."

Thatthe latest roads are concrete examples of progres.s.

That, when praised, R.T.N. sees red—but only in the mirror.

Of curious and very definite preferences for disc and cast steel wheels.

That the C.M.U.A. is raising a fund of a thousand pounds to tight the Railways Bill in Committee.

'• That every haulier and vehicle owner, whether a member of the Association or not, should contribute to the fund.

Of a lot of old buffers in the railway world, and of bright sparks essential to road transport in more ways than one.

That the motor vehicle side of the Institute of Transport may require stiffening, but their, suggestion for lorry taxation most certainly does not.

That the Trojan has this week made its bow to the public, and that as a light utility self-starling carrier at 2230 on solid tyres, large orders are already being booked.

That Col. Crompton, the grand old man of the motor movement, has many keen recollections of Robert W. Thomson, the originator of cushioning tyres for road vehicle wheels.

That the colonel hopes to record some of those memories in The Commercial Motor for June 20th.

That R. W. Thomson died when his son, H. Lyon Thomson, was but 12 Years old, BO that the latter has few memories of him.

That the hot weather is not contributing towards an early settlement of the lock outand that ten weeks lounging about will induce forgetfulness of what. modern production methods That the new postal concessions are nothing like so useful as they seem, that it costs a halfpenny more now to send three ounces, and that it is not Convenient to get halfpenny printed matter to the P.O.. by 3 p.m. Of a rival to the Ford.

That it should take a good deal to tyre Sir Eric Rumour has it that Dunlophas also secured the axe.

That the slackening. boom in snow skids shows signs of Little of the chain versus worm-drive controversy these days.

Of a boom iii i resilient solids, but of difficulties in getting supplies.

That central tramway standards are responsible for many accidents.

That a pinking engine is a colourable intimation sometimes of red-hotness.

That the hot weather has brought with it much record-smashing at Brooklands.

That quite a lot of people don't -understand why the six-wheeler axle weights are legal.

From various quarters that the overtype steamer will take a lot of displacing—if it ever is.

That Bottornlcy went away for his seven years' change in a closed taxicab—even in this hot weather.

0 That it is remarkable that so few car manufac turers have made outstanding successes of lorry construetion.

That, in the matter of road use the public calls the tune and expects the motor transport industry to pay the Piper.

That the result is a lack of harmony.

That small two or three-plough machines are chiefly in demand in Peru, although the caterpillartype tract-or is .doing very well there.

That there is risk of the new Institute of Transport becoming railway dominated if care is not taken by those representing road interests.

That the motor vehicle organizations ought to get back substantial credits from the Ministry of Transport for thousands of gallons of oil with which they help waterproof the road surfaces.

That a motor-borne pageant illustrating the growth of the motor industry is being discussed as a striking feature of the great processions during Preston's famous Guild week—which occurs once in every twenty years,


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