One Hears— Mostly conic true, though it take time to do. That there is fine scope for smart factory builders.
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That L.G.O.C. drivers and conductors are very much better paid than the L.C.C. men.
That the U.S.A. scare will not be so easy to work on the commercial side of motoring.
That the real cause of the recent tube accident was not the automatic control but the lack of it.
That the Road Board is stated by a contemporary to be an alias of the Roads Improvement Association.
That whilst one is entitled to expect to find broad minds in Government. departments many are small.
That the newest Wood-Milne depots—those in Middlesborough and Newcastle-on-Tyne—are doing good business.
That the absence of the starting handle on the Walsh and Clark tractor is a most desirable innovation on a big engine.
Of the regular carting of pigs by motor to eastern county bacon factories, but that this is not, strictly speaking, a passenger service.
That Messrs. Dudgeon and Morren, of 101, Great: Portland Street, are finding inquiries for Yorkshire petrol vehicles roll in more freely of late.
That the fact that Hammerstein is tired of his Opera House must not be construed to mean that it is to be used RS a central motorcab garage.
That the L.G.O.C. considers that when trains are delayed through losing current on points, the L.C.C. should be summoned for causing obstruction.
That a country uses its acreage better in producing food for its population than forage for its horses, and that it's the commercial motor that helps.
That the " K.T." tire people are prepared to follow their tires to Australia and other overseas dominions with their usual 10,000-mile guarantee.
That one successful G.W.R. motorbus service—the one between Haverfordwest and St.. David's—is along a road locally described as " Hi miles and 17 hills." That South London is to be left for the M.E.T. buses by the L.G.O.C.
That Mr. Cody's win may urge him to bigger and heavier things still in the aerobus line.
That the tramcar people do not like being nursed any more than they like home truths in the Press.
Grumbles from contracting hirers who are to receive the lower original rates of pay for motors on manoeuvres.
That those who first talked motor transport to the military authorities are sorry that they are no longer on the Army staff.
That some partisans overlook the fact that it was the Progressives, not the Moderates, who were responsible for London's tramcar incubus.
That 54 new owners joined the C.M.U.A. during the holiday months of July and August last, compared with only 19 during the corresponding period of last year.
That the reason many American models are not better finished is that they "turn out one every two minutes" and that that's not really long enough to make a good job of them.
That a really-good motorbus man should be run for the L.C.C. at the next election of members, if only for the fun of keeping Sir John Bonn to facts when he gets on to tramcar finance.
Of a police officer having to remain on guard, when a motorcab ran on the pavement, from I a.m. until 4 a.m., the driver leaving him in charge while he went to fetch a breakdown car.
That the Paris Prefect of Police has issued a free book of instructions to taxi and other drivers in the French capital, but that not one man in 20 pays any attention to the good advice offered.
That certain increases in provincial tramcar fares have, greatly incensed the travelling public, whereas certain decreases in London have chiefly incensed the " Daily News." the" Daily Chronicle " and the "Star."
That the Shire Highlands Railway Co.'s newlyauthorized extension, with the Nyassaland Government's aid, from Port Herald to a point on the Zambesi. may lead to a demand for some motor transport later on.