One Hears— Forty-three things.
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The outsiders wailing.
That. a War-Office cheeckque is imminent.
That he who waits for permission gets left, That it's not always advisable to ask permission.
That at the Holborn Restaurant they thought it was Oxonair.
That the latest road-testing apparatus is called a consistometer.
An unwoqted noise, and on looking out finds that it is a passing horse.
That Liverpool master-carters are placing orders, and that steam is favoured by them.
That Lord Montagu and Lt.-Col. Yorke are off to the U.S.A. aboard the "Mauretania."
That all good steam-wagon drivers when passing over bad roads " shove the holes under the ashpan." That nobody knows• . exactly how or where the War Office will now turn, and that it really is in a press.
That the nerve-strain of the tire fight has told its tale in two quarters, and that. it will tell on others yet.
That a useful alternative to the second man on a motorvan is a bonus of Id. per parcel for the driver.
That " Knowledge of Liverpool" is evidently not in the curriculum for some cabdrivers in that progressive city.
That one day a haulage company may carry 5 tons of bricks, and the next day £800 worth of cloth, in the same wagon.
That the new chief of the London Traffic branch of the Board of Trade is Col. Hellard, C.B., and that he is that sort of worker.
That the reason for the eccentric running of a certain motorvan in the Midlands was the accidental fitting of odd-sized driving wheels.
That, if fresh heavy motor regulations can be deferred for another year or two, the evidence of road capacity to bear the traffic will be stronger than it. is now.
That Peppercorn's Berna and Dennis vans are enlightening Deptford and other residents by a slip across the posters which they carry, and that the slip bears in red the words 1125 miles a day."
That present-day shock-absorber enthusiasts are being reminded that all the Wolseley motorbuses supplied to the L.G.O.C. in 1905-7 were fitted with an efficient. device of the kind, and that they have not been discarded to this day.
That the promoters of a company to be called AllMotors, Ltd., evidently are believers in " all profits," and that they reckon to make at least 231,000 a year on a to-be-subscribed capital of 19000—chiefly out of sales on the hire-purchase system. That London's Majesties are shaping.
That Hindley's steamers are coming on again. That driving a petrol lorry is an armchair job.
That Mann and Overtons are doing most in undertons.
That Detective Simeon Smith of Bolton might be better employed.
That regularity and monotony are bad for the human physical system.
That part of the War-Office curriculum is to pose on a pedestal, and to re-pose.
That the Board of Trade now has its eye on the City and South London tube.
That the accepted rule of the road in parts of the country is " Keep to the Right."
That more steam wagons are on order in England now than has ever been the case before.
That " heaven and earth " were moved, in those futile efforts to raise a rival to the C.M.U.A.
That antique dealers well know the value of modern transport for the care of their wares.
That the trustees of the Motor Museum have been offered a hansom cab, but that the offer was declined.
That one company using discarded motorbus chassis is having quite enough trouble to go on with.
That there is a distinct opening for something between the 5-cwt. three-wheeler and the 10-cwt. van.
That "it's good stuff for t'ealth, is coal," even when you've been swallowing it on the road for 10 hours.
That the Ozonair in the Tuppeny Tube is now so bracing that people may go there for their summer holidays.
That the contractors for the dust-laying of the Dieppe Circuit want to hire three motor water-carts in this country, but that it can't be done.
That the makers of the Girling Carrier, quite rightly, do not approve of the overloading of their capital little machines, and that they are emphasizing the advertised 5-cwt. capacity.
That the L.G.O.C. will soon be at Watford, and that whilst its outer-circle intentions may stagger more than one old railway company, they will help struggling suburban humanity.
Of efforts to work up indignation about the Road Board's prospective £875,000 for a western approach road to facilitate traffic to and from parts of Middlesex, Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Hants and Wilts.
That amongst those who will contribute papers to the Institution of Automobile Engineers during the 1912-1913 session are Col. Crompton Mr. Dugald Clerk, Mr. G. W. Watson and Mr. H. 6. Burford.