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13th December 1921
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of Nicholson's Ford-thief pointers.

Too little of Ford!thief disappointers.

Of the coal price drop as a drop in the bucket.

Of squeaks from metal bodies and whines from the wood.

Of efforts to control the recklessness of the Paris cabby.

That multiplication's vexation—but not in the case of axles.

Of fares according to height! Why not according to width?

" Why not wood for bodies?" from an indignant undertaker.

Of a battery with a large increase upon the capacity of existing types.

Of the bus company's standing order for Christmas shoppers.

That the evil of slippery road surfaces has been greatly exaggerated.

That horse owners showed very little interest in the work of the Expert Committee on Slippery Roads nominated by the president of the County Surveyors' Society at the instance of the Minister of Transport.

net the electric commercial vehicle is making headway in the States.

Tha.t our Warland rim photo, was reckoned by many as something of a puzzle picture.

That " flies in the winter time" are not half so mystifying as benzole all the year round.

The query whether there is any connection between the advertised " non-pinking " claims for Shell spirit and the practical disappearance of benzole from the market. '

That whilst London's minimum fare is being reduced from id. to id., Berlin's has jumped from Dd. to is. 6d.

That 43,000 more than the normal number of passengers were carried on the L.G.O.C. buses on the first day of the re-institution of penny fares—and that on a wet day.

That the death-rate from motor-vehicle accidents in the United States has nearly doubled during the pag five years—but, then, the number of motors in use has risen from 1,767,055 to 6,085,150 in the same period.

Of proposals for a separate bond for steamers.

That if there's one man who must be sick of shows it must be Phillips.

That the Army should be vitally interested in the multi-wheeled vehicle.

That, if springs are properly designed, there should be no need for shock absorbers.

Of a great casting about for new models arid new uses, now that demand for standard models is down to zero. 0 That the Jap. delegation is likely to take a great interest in the current tram versus motorbus controversy.

Of interesting contemporaneous tendeneies--towards the larger and the smaller bus, the 13 and the 38-seater. 0 Not so much of the battery vehicle as the subject demands, nor so much as we were led to expect just after the war.

That the char-a-banes hood de luxe has to be invented yet, and that now's the time, so as to be ready for 1922. 0

Of a very useful new source of supply in Lancashire for= high-grade steel castings, as well as for cast-iron and. gunmetal.

That wheel and tyre manufacturers are regarding with favour all attempts at solving the problem of better load distribution.

Of improved shoeing, recommended by the Expert Committee as being the best way of making slippery roads safer for the horse.

Of a coming problem : How to increase the number of wheels and axles on a vehicle without seriously increasing unsprung weight.

That lighter alloys and the use of heat treatment will do it.


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