One Hears— That it is hard to make the "tramp" motor lorry pay
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That the tax storm is gathering, but that it will be weathered.
That decorations are discouraged at the London Van-horse Parade.
That at this annual Parade every driver who masters gets a prize.
That a good way to pick up loads is through the havic pages of the " That Lord Hambleden supported his co-paltrier, Lt.-;.:ol. A. D. Acland, at Regent's Park.
Tina driving during the holiday has ilisclosed the teal that most roads dry more quickly than of yere.
That the New York Central Railway Co. proposes It, ant a fleet of 100 electric motorcabs into service.
That battery-vehicle enthusiasts should turn their attention to the equipment and sale of road rollers.
That. the advertised motto of the Fifth Avenue Coach Co., New York, is "Open air to everywhere."
That the names of many entrants at last Monday's Parade in Regent's Park will figure in the C'..M.U.A, lists on Whit-Monday.
That surface-tarred roads look wet and dirty been IlSu the water remains on the surface, but that such roads really have dry crusts.
That battery-vehicle men are showing a strange relaetanee to produce U.S.A. "all in " vehicle-mile ck,sts, but that these, of course, exist.
That the only motor advertisements in the official programme of the Tan-horse Parade eencerned Armstrong-Whitworth ears and Goodyear tit as.
That at the moment it is vendors of American, Austrian, French and German battery vehicles who are striving to make a pie for themselves in England.
From Dr. F. J. Waldo, that there was a decrease of 1! fatal vehicular accidents, for the City of London ittcl the Borough of Southwark, last year, compared N. ith the year before.
That the L.G.O.C. might with advantage boom the catch line, "Travel by motorbus for comfort and no evercrowding," provided it had more crush-hour vehicles ready to take the crowds.
That the Manchester Chamber of Commerce is urging upon its members the expediency of their stedying more closely the inea.ns to avoid detention cf all classes of lorries at warehouses.
That the London Van-horse and Cart-horse parades tagclhee east a lot more than the single Motorvan Parade, and that horsestrade interests .cheerfally put up a lot of the.alialney without any pressing.
That the Belgian Chambre Synclieale de l' Automobile is calling on the Belgian Government to inaugurate a subsidy scheme for heavy motors, and may organize a reliability trial on its own account for other commercial motors. That synthetic rubber remains where they talk. Of more work snatched trchn the horse and tram That many metorvans are not worked up to the That many lifeguard inventions would turn out mere death traps.
That Tilling's have been welcomed by young and at Folkestone.
That Barford and Perkins are behind a road-rolling company at Milan.
Of stout resistance to the projected French tax of ad. per lb. on rubber.
That the latest ideas in contras and "D. and M." pages concern Austins.
That whilst the weather at Easter was patchy, it held well in many places.
That " smoking unlawful " reads more effectively than "smoking prohibited."
That H. Viney and Co., Ltd., of Preston, has opened a depot in Manchester.
That in face of recent events the L.C.C. tramway legend 32 (passengers) inside and 46 out is incorrect.
That the big petrol companies are glad that so many people have been side-tracked looking for alcohol.
That the C.M.U.A. is making rapid strides in Laneashire, through the Manchester and North Lancashire centres.
That the Army Service Corps has made arrangements for " commandeering" in the event of "a national emergency."
That nearly every haulage contractor who owns mixed plant now advertises the motor section on his horse-drawn vehicles.
That the Executive Council of the National Defence. Fund of Greece is .spending another £80,000 on additional motor lorries and repair shops.
That the old horse-drawn buses, which have been on the road between Hastings and St. Leonards for about 40 years, have at last been withdrawn.
That Bolton magistrates are now showing consideration to daivers who slightly misjudge the speed limit, which change is an inducement to the meii to be careful.
That the War Office is to ran a 20-seated char-i• banes during the Subsidy Trials for the benefit of customers of builders of the Subsidy-type niaehines, but that Government sandwichmen will not parade the routes.
That Messrs. Rath Brothers' new wareltouse will mark a new era in the cotton-packing business in Manchester, and that other packers will have to adopt move up to-date methods for handling goods if they wish to retain business.