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Of trade tremors.
"Who lost those badges? "
Of a talkative platform body.
Diverse opinions as to " What is a fitter ? "
That petrol storage is no longer a remedy for petrol shortage.
Of women munitioneers who have paid £100 each to be let do it.
That the Zepps. seldom offer the easy range of the Dennis advertisement.
That oil, coal and petrol are to go on performing as the three brother soarers.
That some expensive automatics are depreciating prematurely on shell work.
That this month's "Royal" at Manchester will not be a dull show by any means.
That tank steamers built in the U.S.A. will soon be bringing in more petrol and paraffin. I That all coachbuilders seem to think they are the very people for munitions work just now.
That the simpler the two-fuel carburetter the brighter its prospects of general adoption.
That it's easy to turn a touring car into a commercial vehicle if there's no attempt to dissemble.
That it's the water-injection portion that makes the Marshall two-fuel carburetter look so comprehensive.
That Mr. Geo. W. Watson is now Consulting Engineer for Munitions Mechanical Transport to the M. of M.
That there will have to be a reasonable percentage of "releases," under any new control-of-output programme, if commercial transport is to live through. That the Middlesex rates keep lower.
That C.V. imports are only nominally free.
That abnormalities continue to affect costs.
That a. Stationery Office is often not stationary.
That things must be badly run in some W.D. branches.
That much unsprung weight is worse if not unsprung.
Of more new factories entrusted to the trussedconcrete people.
That electric tramcars in London have been climbing up the accident ladder of late.
That shells and odds and ends are soon to be mado wholly outside motor-vehicle works. o That touring-ear owners are trying hard to get in first with their orders for two-fuel carburetters.
That a few pounds of extra weight in a welded fuel tank are of no account compared with the elimination of joints.
' That the railway personnel of the Petrol Committee should help that body to help itself to help the equalization of distribution.
That the Senussi were rushed largely on WoodMilne tires when the Duke of Westminster made his famous armoured-car dash.
That everybody knows it takes from four to six months to change the output of a factory with due. regard for work coming through.
That the chief two-fuel-carburetter men are prepared to ease manufacture and output by granting licences to Chassis makers on reasonable terms.
That the late Mr. Leslie Steven Robertson, Seeretary to the Engineering Standards Committee, who went down with Kitchener in H.M.S. "Hampshire," will be very sorely missed.