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That Greek has been meeting maker.
That Mr. Eric F. BouIt will be here next week.
That the last tramway smile is not the hest laugh.
That }LIM. refers to Yoker and not to the Kaiser.
Of an epidemic of cracked cylinders these hot days. That Waygood's get many a lift from their Warrick.
That -U.S.A. commercial-motor exports arc marking time.
That tramcar men did not want their turn to complain.
That Coluinb Kahler's coming back to the Old World.
That he who owns a Wyles cultivator will never look back.
That motorbus elasticity is alone exceeded by that of the pro-tramcar conscience.
That £35,000 will be spent on road improvement in Blackburn, and none too seon.
That " Get in and get out," but not " Get under" is the invitation of the motorbus.
That observation chars-neb-ancs for London will be even more numerous next summer.
Of patients recovering from scarlet fever who recently travelled in a public motorbus.
That not only " The Times" will concur in the Editor's views about Middlesex charges.
That it was not a had shot by the trial-trip conductor when he announced Bagshot as Bagshop.
Of a return-load 5-orairible at Knaresborough, and that the old firm at Harrogate has a grievance.
Th.at if "battery maintenance" were taken off the cost for the electrobus might be no MOIT than that for the petrol bus.
That the CM.' word " agrimotor " is coining into general use, but that those who are faint-hearted spell it with a hyphen.
That it's to be hoped the Joint Select Committee will sweep aside all the local tolls in due course, and some before they come into force.
That the trick about the _ad. in the Middlesex Bill was to hide the fact that the rate had only previously applied to roads not designed for motorbus traffic.
That the Middlesex tax was not regarded as calling for money to fight it by many makers, and that they may soon have to bear the penalty of apathetic disregard for consequences.
That a good many people would like the chance to share the profits on petrol at the so-called lowest paying price of is. 4d. per gallon, and that "The Daily Mail" should know better than to accept such a statement.
514 That tubustranas has bust trams only.
That " Black Marina " are sometimes blue. That cooling strains are now at a low ebb. That few motors want the attention horses do. That Capt. Davidson is now building barracks. That. the heat even makes bus radiators thirsty.
Of yet more bus-tire contracts at Id. per vehicle. mne.
That it is cheaper to insure one motorvan than three horses.
That the next improvement will be a wireless telephony set.
That many of the public-service cabs in Rio carry a ehaufTenr and his assistant.
Of the latest posters on the tramcars 'Advertise the ' Tram way "—it needs it.
That more railway conciliation trouble is due. this fall, and that it means a. rise for motors.
That in parts of South Norwood the roads are so bad that vehicles of every kind behave like bucking bronchos.
That plough shares are never conslamt for long, and that unlike others they are actually more useful down than up.
That the cost of " saving " the L.C.C. ratepayers A:250,000 this year by the tramcar service is likely to exceed 1:300,000.
That electric-tramcar men are completely nonplussed by re-cent figures for motorbus depreciation, maintenance and tire costs.
That the Isle of Man Heavy Motor Car Order will prove to contain several material improvements on the English L.O.B. original.
That the low conductivity of air in cold climates due to the absence of moisture in it remains a cooling problem for engine designers.
That the London boroughs have 2200 miles of public roads, and that the average upkeep expenditure on them annually is below £300 per mile.
That it's high time it was made an offence for motorcyclists to carry women on their luggage racks, as the practice is a great danger to other road users.
That at one of the London and North Western loco sheds there are a John Joneses and 7 William Evan sea out of 300 men, and that they have to be numbered to distinguish them.
That scarcely anybody realizes that 0.22d. per busmile, which is the equivalent of the petrol tax, yields ,C2100 a. year in Oxford Streetand is more than enough for the total maintenance of the wood paving and the concrete foundations.