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That the 1927 Royal Shew will be held at Newport, Mon, That he who upholds the trams upholds the traffic hold-up.
Of a low-level road that attains to a high level of v'orkmanship.
Dismal prophecies that Sumner is hastening to a watery, grave.
Of someone trying to count the coaches and buses at the Reading Royal Show.• And someone else remarking that if the numher was large, it did not seem like it when one wanted to get hz:ek to the station, and that taxis were all too few.
"Knowledge is power," especially the knowledge that one has four-wheel brakes.
That "Look, for fear you sleep," would he a good Inotto for dismounting passengers.
That transfer tickets between bus and tramcar are appreciated by the travelling public.
That the horse will never "come back" for reasons other than that of mere cost of operation.
That many a sulk has been caused by the block of the hulk of the traffic by a hulk of a tramcar.
That the holiday-goers Save instantly realized that promenade runabouts Are faster than tramcars.
Of those who hold that pedestrians who take a middle course on the King's highway take a mean course.
The remark that passing, not overtaking, traffic is the cause of nine-tenths of the accidents at tramway halts.
Somebody asking how long the Chancellor of the Exchequer will keep his hand out of the pocket of the cyclist.
That .Golders Green Road on a Saturday is no paradise—although it may be the way to it—for dogs and children.
• • That Bostonians call their city ". the hub of the universe," but the hubbub of the universe can be heard in New York.
That a highly popular exhibit near the exit oft. the Royal Show would have been a range of hoot-cleaning machines being actively, demonstrated.
That nothing is. quite So muddy as an agricultural show on a wet day or after such a night of downpour as preceded the opening of the Royal Show.
That it would be an advantage to some country bus proprietors if they paid more attention to punctuality and the comfort and convenience of passengers.
That, following upon the strike, more.naarket-garden produce and fruit than ever now reach the consumers in the large townswithout • touching the railways.
And that it is 'a plod thing for soft fruit and highly perishable produce. Of the brisk Fisk tyre maker.
That credit is the comrade of goodwill.
That business at Reading was bristling.
Of the world whirled on wheels and wings.
That the all-pressed chassis is no chimera.
That they're never frozen up at Southport. Of best sellers amongst Commercial motors.
That the 0.111. report caught on well amongst Show visitors.
That anxiety at the seaside is in a state of see-saw just now.
That solids get the cold shoulder nowadays on long coach trips.
Of "in a twinkling" as a new measure of speed past a point.
That low waists and long skirts will continue to be the fashion in busland.
That slogan-building is the late,st effort of .commercialvehicle publicity agents.
That the great oil interests are not averse to reversion to a petrol tax.
That there never was such a queer atmosphere as there is just now in the Commons.
That "A Timber Clerk" in his article showed many a puzzled man the way out of the wood.
That the budding haulier who thinks of nothing but the open-air life has an eye-opener coming to him.
That, if and when we next have a Labour Government, motorbus enterprise is to be municipalized into a monopoly.
That Sir Raymond Dennis got among the prizes (a first, a second and a third) for hunters at the Surrey Agricultural Show.
That the tramway's opponents have just cause for crying "To the block !" because the tram is so often the cause of the block;