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7th March 1912, Page 3
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of hard voting for the I,A.E. conned, and that some I: hard swearing will follow, That it takes a longer time to grow a van horse than it does a motorvan.

That a speaker at. a recent big dinner in town spoke feelingly of "a nackney kerridge."

That the proposal is to buy Straker-Squire L.G.O.C. chassis for the intended Provincial GO. C.

That the Argyll delivery vans owned by the " Evening News" of Glasgow are going strong.

That upwards of three dozen Hollings and Guest tire presses have been delivered since the 1st December last.

That references to commercial motors were numerous at the annual dinner of the Scottish A.C. Tuesday night last.

That an L.G.O. bus load, full of window-smashers, nearly upset the police arrangements in Parliament. Square late on Monday night.

That in jobmasters' parlance, a ready-made horse is a five-year old, and a half-worn horse is one which is ageing but is little the worse for service.

That the British Motor Cab Co. is having its first annual dinner on the 9th inst., and that 300 tickets have been purchased at a cost of 48. 6d. each, That Sir George Gibb, Chairman of the Road Board, has chosen South America for a pleasure tour, and that he will not be back in London until about the middle of April.

That owners of horses are just as dissatisfied with the W.0. in regard to subsidies as are owners of lorries, but that there is already a. hint of improvement in both eases.

That the Trackless Trolley people have a film being shown of their system in operation, at the largest Picture Palace in Birmingham, and that this appears not to be uneonnectee with the Hagley Road anti-tram agitation.

That some of the 60-mile-an-hour "r Daily Mail " motorvans are to be sold,

That more and more horsekeepers are each week studying the contents of "The Motor Manual."

A lot of people sneezing this weather, and that here really is a lot to be sneezed at in certain promotion schemes.

That a certain offer by an embryonic bus company, for a certain works in Coventry, did not meet with universal favour.

That several recent purchasers of petrol lorries in Lancashire have themselves been amazed at speed performances between ship and warehouse.

That. one large London business has already adopted the phrase. " Store to door delivery "—first suggested in these columns—for its motorvan services.

That Mr. C. W. French, in his speech at the Horse Owners dinner last Monday, took as his text, " Te moritusi salute," or, as he put, it, " LeVs all die game!'

That the Provincial Motor Cab Co. for a while had a contract for fetching London papers from a town 30 miles away at 1s. 3d. per mile for the return journey.

That. the sixth annual staff ball of the Electric Ordnance and Accessories Co., Ltd., which recently took place at the Insperial Hotel, Birmingham, was a great success.

That manufacturers will be invited to submit new standard subvention-type vehicles for trial by War Department officials within the next few months-probably in August.

That the L.C.C. is not at all pleased that attention has been drawn to the fact that its last official return to the Board of Trade showed not a penny allocated in relief of rates, but that nlatform orators are not likely to let this make any difference in their assertions about the magnificent property which belongs to London ratepayers.

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Organisations: War Department, Road Board

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