One Hears— The valediction of the gee-gee.
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That the L.G.O.C. tire contracts are causing a stir.
Inquiries about original prices for L.G.O.C. chassis, That Rusholme is the Mancunian Mecca of motorists.
That a certain motormaniac recently refused horseradish at lunch, on principle.
That that slip about the Bleriot Tire has caused more amusement than annoyance.
That some Argyll vehicles now carry the spare tin of petrol in a well below the footboards.
That Eastbourne Corporation is hiring out motorbuses for private parties at is. 6d. per mile.
That someone has already been heard to say, in Manchester, "The motor has come to stay."
That the Taxicab Arbitration Committee is not to be renamed the Noise Committee No. 2.
That two Austin ambulances with Sankey wheels are on order for the Bromley and Beckenham Joint Hospital Board.
That the C.M.C.A. engineer-inspector under this year's prize scheme now sometimes turns up at depots as early as 5 a.m.
That an American firm proposes manufacturing 1000 motorvans and trucks during 1912, to be sold at an average price of £360.
That in Paris, when strikers turn over a taxicab, the driver has strict instructions to put his flag up a white one for preference.
That on one type of motorcab the water in frosty weather will solidify in the radiator, even when the vehicle is going " full steam ahead."
That new members keep joining the C.M.U.A. but that., owing to complaints about excessive circularizing in the past, the names are not published now.
That it may be news to more than a few people to know that the net prices for L.G.O.C. discarded chassis now vary between .E100 and £200, and that there is also a reduction for taking a quantity.
That engine-testing by gas from the mains is becoming more and more popular at motor factories, and that the Belsize arrangements at Clayton are particularly good—to say nothing of the economy. Of Rogers recorders in use in Yorkshire provincial services.
That the "freeze out' of the L.G.O.C. non-contents will begin shortly.
That many successful motor engineers were first trained as electrical experts.
That it looks as if the Menu splashguard had been anticipated by an Englishman.
That all laundry vans would be painted white but for the cost of keeping that finish.
That the War Office has adopted the L.G.O.C. " star-turn " cast-steel road wheel.
That a Brooklands Skating Club is to be formed by Major Lloyd, but not for this season.
That inventors didn't " cut much ice " at last week's mud-splashing tests at Paris—in spite of the frost.
That one of Fairrie's Leyland steamers took the Liverpool University engineering students to the pantomime.
That the Conuner-Car factory has on its coachpainting staff an artist. of great ability in the depicting of woodland scenery.
That the editor of any paper which fathers motorcabbies should remember that there are motorcabs in places other than London.
That the change from steel to rubber sometimes gives rise to worry for the owner whose lorry has been run a bit fine on tare weight.
That commercial vehicles in Kent will come under the notice of that county's road-inspection parties for which the Kent A.C. is responsible.
That in Los Angeles, California, tramway congestion is so severe that at busy crossings there are frequently as many as 60 cars waiting on each line.
That the staff of the Wolseley works has engaged the whole theatre at a Birmingham pantomime for to-morrow (Friday), and that it will be a gala night.
That a big administrative job on the motorbus side will soon be going in connection with the London Underground, and that a fat salary will be attached to it.
That promoters who say that a London motorbus chassis will safely carry more than 31 tons in the Provinces are badly out of it, and that those who back them will be the same.
That. framers of prospectuses in which 4d. per tonmile is mentioned as the basis rate will, as managers, find it jolly hard to make anybody pay more, and that this difficulty will kill the supposed average.
That Mr. Charles " Foden " Davies was seen in town last week with a bigger smile than usual on his cheery face, and that the reason disclosed on inquiry was an order for several Fodens from Whiteley's.