It comes to my ears that Mr. William Skidmore, for years the Lon don manager of the
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A Change. Shrewsbury a n d Chatliner Tyre Co., Ltd., and later with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.., has parted company with the last-named concern.
The irrepressible Mr. Stanway buttonholed me, at Manchester, on Mon day of last week, to
Buses for impart the informa Med/cats. tion that six Ryk
nield buses had been commandeered in connection with the King's visit. The buses were required, he told me, to carry the General Hospital Corps, including a dainty convoy of Territorial nurses.
At Manchester, I found the DockSwain Tyre Co., Ltd., nicely installed in its new premises
Tires for at 06, Oxford Road. Steam Wagons. The people who run this undertaking are coming along rapidly, and the central position of their premises should increase the business. I notice they have been very successful with their tires for steam wagons: Mr. Ernest Dook showed to me several sets in hand for Fodens, of Sandbach. I was not surprised at this, because it was only at the last Manchester Show that I heard one of the Messrs. Foden speaking in high terms of the DockSwain tire for steam-wagon work.
I had the misfortune to lose my pocket-book recently, and so, when I
called on Butter
A Motor worth's, the motor,f Logbook." lubricant specialists at Liverpool, last week, and they presented me with one, life's outlook seemed a little less drear. It is a kind of motoring logbook, and, besides having ample pockets, it contains a mine of infsrmation for motorists, useful tips for motor breakdowns, charts for mileage records, special pages devoted to cost of maintenance and tire runs; altogether, it is a most handy book. It even tells one what to do in case of dog and snake bites, dislocations and fractures, that particular page being headed "flints in Emergencies." The last item, a shockingly-cruel proposi
tion, runs thus: " Thirst. After a long run on a dusty day, a hot drink is much the best to relieve the thirst : cold drinks will only increase it." Apart from this last piece of advice, the hook is full of acceptable MI:urination, and customers of Butterworth's should certainly write for one.
A paragraph which I penned last week, after a conversation with Mr. Ernest J. Hart, Agricultural about the King's Motors visit to Gloucester, A Contradiction. has caused some heart burning, as will be seen by the letter which is printed below from my friend Mr. Hoffmann, of The Ivel Agricultural Motors, Ltd. One illustration of two weeks ago shows the King's carriage in front of the agricultural motors. and my references to an alleged conversation, which, of course, I published in good faith, have given rise to the letter :— " Dear Extractor,—We have read with much surprise the paragraph in ' Out and Home ' on page 376, relating to the King's visit to the Royal Show. The writer was personally present on the Ivel stand when his Majesty was driven round the machinery in motion section of the show. There were three machines shown together, and, from the direction his Majesty came, two of the stands were passed, and at ours, which was the third, his carriage was stopped, and
Mr. F. S. Courtney, the Society's engineer, gave explanations to his Majesty, who was exactly opposite to the Ivel motor, and looking at it.
" Regarding the remarks which the King is supposed to have made to a gentleman connected with an agricultural motor which has been quite recently placed on the market, we may :ay that the gentleman in question was nowhere near his Majesty; in fact, the writer saw him standing at his own stand, which was at least 20 yds. away from the carriage in which the King was seated, and the statement referred to could therefore not have been made to him. We are quite certain that if the King said anything at all, it was to Mr. Courtney, who was the only person standing beside his carriage. The writer is quite sure that Mr. Courtney could confirm this.
"The claims referred to by the gentleman above mentioned are so grossly inaccurate that we trust, in fairness to ourselves, as well as the other well-known agricultural motor manufacturers, you will insert this letter in your next issue."
" Yours faithfully, For THE IVEL AGRICULTURAL MOTORS, LIMITED.
A. HOFFMANN, Manager."
If Mr. Saunderson were present, it will be interesting to hear his version.