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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

The W. and G, Motor Cab Co. is now selling seine of its fleet of cabs to the drivers on the instalment system. The price of any of the cabs fully equipped is £320. New Napier cabs can, however, be obtained on a similar system for £380.

GamageBell Resumes.

The strike at the Gamage Bell Motor Cab Co. was settled last week after the cabs had been idle for about a fortnight. The dispute arose over the question of rebate on the cost of petrol which had been promised to the drivers during the recent long strike.

Tenders Accepted.

The Sheffield City Council is ot dering another double-deck Daintier motorbus, and a Daimler towerwagon chassis, at g1515 for the two.

The tender of Dennis Bros., Ltd., for the supply of two more turbine pumps, at £875 each, and one Dennis first-aid tender at £690, has been accepted by the Bradford Corporation.

Under Consideration.

The purchase of a motor-driven prison van by the County Borough of Stoke on-Trent, per the Head Constable, tenders to be lodged on or before the 2lst inst. with Mr. R. J. Carter.

The spending of ,E1000 by the Sheffield Board of Guardians on a light motorvan, and two motorcabs ; the vehicles will be used, amongst other purposes, for the conveyance of Guardians between various Union institutions, The immediate purchase of a petrol motor ambulance by the Infirmary Visiting Committee of the Camberwell Gaardians.

The purchase of a motor fireengine by the, Rotherham Town Council—after two adjournments.

The purchase of a motor fireengine by the Cirencester U.D.C.

Tenders for the supply of a petrol motor fire engine(pump), with fire escape and other fittings, by the Wembley U.D.C., by not later than the fah inst..

Against the I...C.C.

The Town Clerk of the Islington Borough Council, Mr. W. F. Dewey, in ,his evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on motor traffic in the Metropolis, on the 2nd inst., stated that " he considered the London County Council did not think sufficiently fairly of traffic requirements." He was prepared, however, to accept the ruling of an efficient Traffic Board. Mr. John Hunt, the Town Cletk of Westminster, giving evidence. before the same committee on the 1st inst., staled that the Westminster City Council was strongly in favour of maintaining the veto on tramways now possessed by the Borough Councils. "He could not say that motorbuses had increased the cost of roadmaking in Westminster, and, as far as present experience went., they did not damage the road so much as the old horse-buses."

Reactionary Tactics at Lambeth.

We regret to observe that reactionary tactics have characterized the proceedings of one or two recent meetings of the. Lambeth Borough Council. One would have preferred to find a go-ahead policy here, but we do not discover anything like the support we should have expected for the arguments of Councillor J. C. Mitchell, the Comptroller of the Underground Electric Railways of London, and lately secretary to the L.G.O.C,, Ltd. So far as we can trace from the reports of the proceedings, land has been acquired with the deliberate object of putting horse-stables on it. Is it possible that the ratepayers of Lambeth will tolerate this retrogressive step ? One consolation, however, is found in the fact that we are notified, amongst many other advices of the kind arising from correspondence which we have conducted all over the kingdom, that a deputation of the Lambeth Borough Council will visit the forthcoming Olympia. Show.

De Dions Tor London.

Whilst we must congratulate the De Dion Bouton Co. upon the approval of its new-model motorbos for service in London, we feel that we cannot refrain at the same time from sympathizing with the diree-.tors of the Premier Omnibus Co., Ltd., in respect of the extraordinary delay which they have at last surmounted. Handicapped from the outset by the small response in public subscriptions, the company has had to wait some two years before the "right to trade" has been conferred upon it by Scotland Yard, following the certificate under the Companies Acts front Somerset House, but following it after a very long interval. The total issued capital of the company is E23,500, but promotion and other charges leave it with cash resources of only 27400. During the period of waiting to which we refer, the sum of 22200 has been paid out on various accounts. That sum, in itself small, having regard to the possibilities of charges that have been avoided, does not leave the company with a. very cheerful prospect in many respects. On the other hand, with the new-model De Dion to help it, it should, especially having regard to the wonderful life of the De Dion omnibuses which are still retained in service by the L.G.O.C., have a good chance, if the vehicles are strictly confined to an inner zone and popular route, of making good.

" Underground" Posters.

No one who goes about London with his eyes open can fail to notice the remarkable improvement in the artistic quality of the posters displayed on the hoardings. The Underground Railway authorities, from whom we have received a set of their latest posters, has played a praiseworthy part in raising the general standard of taste ih this matter. Their posters, familiar to all L-ondoners, whether displayed outside the Underground stations or upon the fronts of omnibuses, prove clearly what artistic effects can be .attained by the use of a few flat colours suitably blended. Other advertisers will have to look to their laurels ; the competition thus brought about cannot fail to act as a lever.


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