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16th March 1926, Page 3
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of express Kegresse progress.

That a fool and his licence are soon parted. Heated discussions re white discs on cycles.

That Hyde Park may be hide-and-seek park.

That methylated spirit makes clean windows.

That a reckless journey may be full of wrecks. That horse-drawn traffic is often a public expense. That we are now in an age of leisure before business.

That capillarity in oiling systems breeds bad drainage.

That the first number of The C.M. was almost a one man show. 0 That competition is unfair—if one be connected with tramways. -0 That Col. Crompton denounced trams in No. 1 of The C.M. n 1905.

That the Exchequer should reduce operating costs, not increase charges.

That tussles before Parliamentary Committees about motorbus powers may become more lively.

That motorbus developments in Great Britain are to become more closely associated with those in America.

That the spelling of "tyre" and " wagon " has produced much discussion in the editorial offices of The Commercial Motor, That " tyre " is held to mean any, band in contact with the road 'Which does not tie a wheel together.

That " tire " is used when the tie band to the wheel actually makes contact with the road surface—as, for example, in the case of the steel-tired wheel, now rapidly dying.

That "wagon" with a single " g" is favoured because it is shorter to write and the flow or thought is less interrupted.

That, if we get the travelling three-piece hotel, it "will be a standing rule to keep the kitchen car in close convoy, and if it breaks down to go back for it.

That it will be 17 years to-morrow (Wednesday) since the Automobile Association conveyed a company of Guards and their equipment to Hastings and back in a day.

That he will be a wise reader who definitely books his copy of next week's issue, for the publication Of the revised Tables of Operating Costs will cause a rush font, That, whilst Summer Time is a great make-believe for all, there's no question about its providing an added means for some to make money, if not farmers and coalminers. 0 The motor-coach fleet of the Tt6yal Arsenal Co-operative Society has run itself out of the balance sheet— by depreciation in the accounts, not by wear and tear on the -roads. For it has already got going, with two new coaches, for the 1926 season, Of motors made in Australia. Of a pink bridge in Cumberland. That most trams are on the dole.

Of queer loads that pass in the night.

Nobody more optimistic than an inventor.

Nobody more pessimistic in later life. That only a " flat " paints without flatting.

That most "new ideas" have been tried before.

That loose steering often looks like a tight driver.

That gyratory traffic systems baffle many pedestrians.

That "Express Delivery" on a horse-drawn vehicle is absurd.

That split-skirt pistons often have a flare just to be fashionable.

That Huntley and Palniers deliver their biscuits in attractive guise.

That one can see with the naked eye the result of microscopic tram fares.

Of "Are we better than our ancestors?" as a suitable subject for the petrol engine's debating society.

That some people see, in the fostering of London's trams, a reason why the covered-top-deck bus has been delayed.

That more than a little change is expected by those who dislike the location at Whitechapel, Liverpool, of one entrance to the Mersey (roadway) tunnel.

That the more numerous are good road-bridges over rivers, railways, and canals, the more are waste miles saved on the roads, and therefore waste of money on the extra roads to be maintained.

That a good muster is expected for the C.M.U.A. president's address at Nottingham this (Tuesday) evening, when.he,will, at 5 o'clock, in the large hall of the Chamber of Commerce, deal with "Transport Taxation—A. Vicious Circle."


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