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Of considerable Daimler rearrangements.
That it is awise worm that knows its own father. That new models do not always mean new methods.
That the motorvan is becoming as important as the shop.
That there's more yet to be said about the subsidymodel muddle.
That "22 new models described " has made lots of people sit up and think.
That there is a distinct use for noisy buses--as timekeepers for sleepy villages.
That one army inspector knows no more than to ask " And is that the radiator?"
That the tops of tramcars are often encumbered by out-of-service destination boards.
That there is still a controversy as to whether the front drive will come to the front_ That a lot of volunteer fire-brigades will feel they can afford the new small Dennis fire-engine.
That the house telephone in the thief offices of Commercial Car Hirers Ltd. has a, vox humane, stop.
That accumulator-driven vans will be encouraged by despairing owners of many electric generating Stations.
That the incidence of motoring accidents is a phase of motoring activity which is unfortunately highest in London.
That Municipal visitor e to Olympia will excel those from Overseas, both in numbeee and in purchasing value.
That the publicity department of the Underground is doing all it can to draw attention to the .forthcoming Olympia Show.
That one visitor at a motor show with money to spend is often worth as much to the industry as a dozen of other sorts.
That the 16th of July issue of " The Cyelecar " will contain a very fully illustrated description of the eyelecar Grand Prix race.
That motoring developments in the air, on the land, and through the water are hastening the day of the United States of Europe.
That Mr. Chas. Challenger is regarded as a public acquisition all round Bristol, and as an able lieutenant to Sir George White.
That the small Dennisfire-engines at Olympia will do more than merely eatch the eye of numerous U.D.C. and R.D,C. deputations.
Of considerable competition for a share in the £26-,000 which the Victoria Eire Brigade's Board intends to spend on the purchase of motor equipment.
That Mr. George Arnold made an admirable chairman at the animal meeting of the National Traction Engine Owners and Users Association. at Bristol, on the 4th inst. " Keep an eye on Creosote fuel."
That flannels will be the correct costume for Olympia.
Of the use of old Milnes-Daimler gear rings built up as destructors.
That Mr. A_ C. Kehler left Russia for the United States last Friday.
That the L.G.O. Academy in Lots Road for young drivers is now very busy.
Of fears that the War Office may try its band on a subsidy touring-ear model_ That Dr. Heinrich Bueseing has celebrated the 70th anniversary of his birth-day_ That not a few owners are now giving bonuses to their drivers for low petrol consumption.
That it's a turn of the wheel which necessitatea our now printing on fast rotary machines.
That there will be a lot talked about the Southey producer Lo-day (Thursday), but even more done by it.
That when a company is registered with a nominal capital of £1.00 there are often good reasons for looking further.
That the authorities would have found a few armoured motor wagons of use to them at Johannesburg last week.
Of too many accidents up and down the country, and that careful attention to brake littiegs is one way to avoid marse.
That the decay of the tramway in popular esteem contradicts the usual rule of success lying in the line of least resistance.
• That representatives of the Canadian Autobus Co., Ltd., of Montreal, will place their orders not later than Olympiaweek.
That it is becoming quite a branch of the " Daily Mirror " publicity department's activities to be exhibited at lorry shows.
That the Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Electric Tramways Co. is quite pleased with its Parliamentary terms of .',175d. per mile per trolleybos foe the use of the Breconshire highways.
That Mr. W. Silversteen has perfected an ingenious magnetic instrument for extracting filings or other unwanted particles from the eye, and that it ehoorld prove useful in laboratories and workshops.
From the High Commissioner for Australia, that he hopes shortly to convey to this journal the decision of the Australian Customs authorities in respect of the differentiation under the Australian Customs tariff againststeam-driven -wagons. * * That Tillings-Stevens motorbuses are having a rough if successful time just now in the Bagley Road, Birmingham, due to tramway construction, and that delay in getting ahead with the completion of this important highway is causing much local grumbling.