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Of drivers on perches.
That the canal is something of a back-water.
Of laminated springs and eliminated shocks.
That many country houses are having the gas laid on.
That badly filled trenches across many roads make motorists painfully aware of the fact.
Of a " heavy " that buried a wheel 18 ins, in one of these " filled " trenches.
That the driver supplied more gas than the gas company.
That Henry Ford is to spend 7,000,000 dollars a year on advertising.
That the Taxation Committee resumes its struggles On the 19th inst.
That the best guide to correct carburetter adjustment is exhaust gas analysis.
From Mr. Colin Macbeth that he is not on the board of Small and Parkes Ltd.
That " Mr. Coachowner " still seems to funk answering that pertinent question.
That perhaps he thinks it an impertinent question.
Also, that one endorsement might lead to another.
That the report of the Hackney Motors Regulations Committee is already drafted.
• 0 Someone describing the English lakes as " pieces of water entirely surrounded by motor coaches."
That any tax on petrol now would, to many users, be an unacceptable percentage on the falling price of the commodity.
That the roads are so bad in parts of France that motor lorries are being blamed for the collapse of houses under vibration. .
That, if the average life of an American car is actually the 6.7 years claimed, certain of the vehicles must have an extraordinarily long life.
Someone suggesting that fold-up racks might be fitted under the back of all motor coach seats, to pull down as footrests for children or for adults below the average height.
That the combination of a white painted upper surface and an aluminium painted lower surface is the most effective Means for shielding the interior of a vehicle from the sun.
Of pedigree lorries and thoroughbred coaches.
That the driver, also, should be an isolated body.
That France is making great efforts to strike oil.
And we hope these will be more successful than the borings in this country.
That there is now one motor to every 10 persons in U.S.A.
And that the supply of petrol still exceeds total requirements.
That water tokens will remain at ninepence each until 1926.
That the C.M.U.A. income for 1923 is well ahead of that for 1922.
That the next fall in the price of petrol is forecasted for Christmas week.
That the big oil people are nearly speechless.
That petrol will never again be priceless.
That solids must give way in 1924 if trip bookings are to earn in competition.
That more harm than good is seen to he done by switching headlights off and on.
They're very happy at heart in Blackpool and proceeding with round-table conferences.
Of extensive intended motor-coach services to and from the great exhibition of 1924 at Wembley.
That pneumatics on 22-seated omnibuses and charsa-banes are being regularly contracted for at one penny per mile.