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That a Leyland led the lorries in the Lord Mayor's Show.
That H. G. Burford'..s only son has accepted a commission in the Royal Engineers.
That the "Manchester, Liverpool, and Counties Commercial Motor Users Association" is a mouthful.
. That a shorter 'description would be welcome.
That the Manchester Gas Corporation have•joined the C.M.U.A. as.niembers.
That Gas Corporations in other parts of the country will shortly follow suit.
That Mr. F. W. Goodenough can lecture entertainingly and convincingly on deep subjects as fluently as he can speak of the lighter elements with which he is in daily touch.
That his lecture to the members of the Aldwych Club (London) on "A Nation of Shopkeepers" should have had as audience the whole business community of the Metropolis.
That the new U.S. Army truck (referred to in last week's issue) is the production of the Quartermaster's Department, assisted by la number of makers of components.
That it was designed as a three-tonner with a capacity of five tons, but that it would be a very suitable vehicle for a load of seven tons. That Lyon-Spencer are fitting up 40 G.W.R. buses with gas containers.
That they have acquired a special factory and will shortly be turning out 1000 Murphy " Safe " gas cylinders a week.
• That road renewal should rank high in any recon.struetion programme.
That owner-drivers of taxis have, 'in a number of cases, done excellent work as motor volunteers.
—0 That,' besides taking soldiers on leave from trains to hotels, they have seen to their bathing and, feeding, and put them to bed, calling for them, hours afterwards, and taking them to their destinations.
That with Caterpillars, steamers, and petrol lorries, the Lord Mayor's Show should have finished at Olympia,.
That, although there were three or four overtype steamers in the Show, the undertype people seem to have stood out of it.
That " Sweet Alice" (a Clayton steamer) was in the Lord Mayer's Show displaying a munition gang at work.
That the agrimotor boom is proving a veritable gold mine to the small repair man or local garage. .own•er..
That-Someone has a very generous idea of what is required for spare parts for the 'Government's agri motors. •