One Hears— That Mr. Henry Hicks is convalescing at Biomley (Kent).
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That Mr. Frank Searle has been elected a life member of the R.A.C.
Of lively and diverting happenings in the fire-engine world Edinburghwards.
That the brother of a well-known Peer is now financing the revived scheme for transport in Kent.
That Sir Thomas Pile, Bart., and Mi. Fred. Griffiths are now fully-fledged members of a veryhappy family of directors.
That the purchase of a non-inspected second-hand commercial-motor chassis often involves more than one leap in the dark.
That, almost daily, very many of the staff at the G.M.C. garage at Brixton are late because the tram service is rapidly becoming worse.
That a smart compiler of tire circulars talks about the "--dismountable, spliceless, wire-mesh-base tires " of his company's manufacture.
That the owner of the shock-shifter-hub patents resented the suggestion that he should adopt a black cat as a trade mark because it was a mewer.
That the motion to refer back the recommended order for four more Dennis petrol fire-engines served to bring to light the comparative costliness of the steamers owned by the L.C.C.
That, one day recently, a " W. and G." taxicab loaded with luggage, followed a F.I.A.T. right into the King's Cross garage, which the second driver had mistaken for the G.N.R. terminus.
That, on Monday and Tuesday of last week, London motorbus services were seriously disarranged owing to the numbers of horses that couldn't keep their feet on the frozen, slippery roads.
People asking wh*ss the L.u.o.t. does not provide free umbrellas, chained down of course, to stimulate the use of its garden seats on wet days, and so in part avoid the consequences of the no-canopy drawback.
That an invitation has been issued to members of the Press to witness experiments with "a 10 in. wheelbase six-cylinder 40 h.p. car" fitted with a gyroscope, and that it is expected that the car will skid because of its short wheelbase.
That the Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Co., Ltd., has created a record by installing storage tanks at its new Lot's Road depot, Chelsea, with a useful capacity of no less than 24,000 gallons, and that Mr. A. C. Clifford, the company's manager and engineer, carried out the work. That the engineer of a large London cab company is off to America.
That the worn surface of a Wood Milne " steel-rubher" tire feels like an unshaveu chin.
That the star order for 1911 is from the U.S.A. and is for 65 " Commer Cars" per Julian Halford That the Great Eastern motorbuses are fast being Generalized as to service-numbers, route-boards, etc.
That the new registration terms for tractors will suit many owners and bring disappointment to others That •railway companies without their fleets of petrol motorvans will shortly be found only in Italy, Spain, Russia and Turkey.
That the Leyland Co: has been definitely informed that one of the King's motorvans will be sent to the Coronation Motor Parade.
That newcomers to the C.M.U.A. Committee are impressed by the business methods and procedure thereon established and maintained.
That London taxi-drivers are in no end of a funk about the loss of those 4d. tips—the receipt of which they so vehemently denied less than a year ago.
That Mr. George Pollard thinks the " C.M." does not criticise the L.C.C. tramways sufficiently, but that Mr. Aubrey Llewellyn, etc., etc., is not of the same opinion.
That Easter traffic may suffer through the chilly advent of the month, but that there will be a wonderful advance in L.G.O.C. revenue within the next few weeksand thereafter.
That the "Shell Motor Spirit" donation of 20 guineas to the Parade Fund is regarded as distinctly in keeping with the wide use by commercial-vehicle owners of that excellent fuel.
That the 2s. size of " reflex light" is ample for use on carts, and that it can easily be "picked up" from behind any cart to which it is affixed at distances of from 120 to 150 yards.
That Captain Bagnall-Wild and Mr. W. G. Lobjoit have well earned the compliment of their being elected vice-chairmen of the C.M.U.A., but that the offices are by no means sinecures.
That the Automobile Mutual Protection Association has been resuscitated in order to fight certain claims under particular letters patent concerning the so-called Mercedes groups, beginning with that for honeycomb-type radiators, and that Mr_ Arthur Helmore is acting as secretary pro tempo.
That the chief administrator of another large London cab company is shortly to resign.
Nothing more about that wonderful petrol headlight, of which many vehicle users expected much.
That Mr. Edgar Cohen is to receive a handsome testimonial from the G.M.C. drivers upon his imminent, retirement. That petrol-storage installations are by no means the only uses to which electrically-welded tanks from the Uxbridge works of the Steel Barrel Co. are being put.
That Sir Alexander Williamson, Bart., Chairman of the Departmental Committee which is now inquiring into the whole question of taximeter fares in London, was one of the earliest members of the Liverpool Self-propelled Traffic Association, and that he bought his first large motorcar—a three-speed 12 h.p. Daimler • -in the year 1902.