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That cleaning day is rag-lime.
That Price's soap was only just in time. That mushroom valves spring up quickly. That they only use fly-nuts on aeroplanes. That a " torque tube is the last " word."
That few of London's buses are old stagers.
That Thursday, the 8th inst., was the skiddiest day of all.
That there are n over 1000 benzole depots in the
country.
That the National has a working agreement with the L.0.0.O.
That the Daimler replacement. organization is a, credit to all.
That a differential should not require a lock, because it is pinioned.
That the spokes were staggered when the engine lost its balance.
That you can use a spring-washer in the SIMINflek'as well as in the winter.
That the drivers of Crarney's motorvans should be able to keep their engines in tune. .
That there is no intention to publish a popular 74.1. edition of the 1913 Traffic Report. for London.
That the L,G.O. coachbuildee who patches damaged bodies is known to his mates as " the panel doctor."
That one of the worst cases of disappointment is that of the worm looking for a hole on a wet asphalt pavement.
That at one cross-over on the Underground Railway of London the rails have to be renewed every Sunda3, night..
That the owners of several lost number plates have readily been found by means of the attached badges.
That one Pressman. at Manchester was honestly but erroneously circulating a report that. the Commercial:Motor Show had been cancelled.
That. last. week's article was a blow to Colonel Crompton's percussive theory, but that we rather waived the question on pp. 112-3.
That particulars of the C.M.U.A adjustable and standard reflecting-mirrors will shortly be communicated to the Local Government Board.
That a charge (sic) engineer told his foreman that. there was no need to waste money cutting gears ; they were just to cast some more off the old pattern
Of G.P.O. Edison-van trials.. That had roads are sinking out,
That Alcohol Lane is a. cill .:we.
Thai. Snow Hill (S.E.) station is no snore.
That the bevels hummed while the wheel spoke.
That motor driving is a case of keeping the hand on.
That the trolleybus has precious little chance now in England.
That there is still doubt. about the best form of steel spoke.
That 0. W. Watson and D. S. Kennedy are working together.
That horse-vehicles are safer whe;ri they show two red lights behind.
That. there's no answer so far to the question " What did the ehas sis ?"
That Scammells pulled down a synagogue to make room for extensions.
From more accessory manufacturers who throw much light on the industry.
That the periodicity of some delivery vans does away with much suspension.
That two of the biggest developments ahead of us are the railcar and the parceIcar.
That extremes meet when motor lorries and cyclecars come out of the same factory.
No more enthusing about gyronopic control for ears, and that the "G.M. " never did. • That Lancaster's fire-engine recently tried hillclimbing with half-compression in force.
That India is slowly but surely preparing to do without many of her 5,650,000 bullock carts.
That trolleybus experience at Ramsbottorn should be available to those who still doubt the motorbus.
Of a sporting run by Dublin's new motor ambulance in friendly rivalry with one of the fire-engines them.
That some makers have cottoned on to our last year's suggestions for loaded exhibits at Manchester.
That the only "harvest from horse-cabs" in London this January is that precariously gathered by the sparrows.
That, at the Manchester Show, following our prediction of a year or two ago, a man will be in attendance clad completely in Ferodo, 'and that there is a rumour that RPITAnihrlYS will welcome the new material its suiting