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16th September 1919
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of war-worn ambulances used as game carriers.

That there is room for char-h-bancs developments in Glasgow.

That there seems usually to be a girl in the Leyland advertisements That wool by road from London to Yorkshire is being discussed.

Of direct action by Yorkshire manufacturers, tired of railway delays.

That no more passages to America will be available before next March.

That the banning of horses from New York's streets is being seriously discussed.

That concrete roads are extending in an ordinary manner in America. extra.

That the L.G.O.C. buses do as well on benzolealcohol as they do on petrol.

Of pigs feeding on tomatoes because Covent Garden wishes to keep the prices up.

That at present exchange rate, the price of rubber in Gernattny is about 32s. per lb.

That it is not playing the game to dope benzole so that it compares badly with petrol.

Of suggestions that the dope used for laenzole is rubber.

That the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. will import 150,000,000 gallons of petrol in 1921.

That it would be difficult to give. a depreciation figure for the world as a whole since 1914.

That a Lord Fisher of the motor industry is needed —one who will speak up and take a real lead.

That German chassis builders are opening up negotiations, but that the tears are not dry on the mothers' cheeks yet.

That it is easier for a camel to get out of England than it is for a human being to do likewise nowadays.

That the motor -industry is bound to suffer from the indifference of those who cannot see beyond a full order book for 1920.

Of disagreements amongst manufacturers of chaintrack vehicles as to the possibility of road surfaces being damaged by chain tracks.

That the American idea of doing one a favour is to take one where a drink is to be obtained or to produce one from a concealed store.

Of many nominations for the five seats allotted to users on the Roads Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Ways and Communications. Of a 7,800 ft. rise in 7 miles As(s) a—da—bad Pass.

Of a projected road motor service from Blackpool to London.

That Wallasey is watching B irkenhead and Dar lington Shields. 0 That Lancaster is the latest to want to put its trains in a museum.

That Sir Auckland believes less in the .need for protection of industries than does Sir Erie.

That perhaps the Leyland ad. inscription was meant to read "for frights and fairs."

That the S.M.M. and T. believe that ploughing cannot be done or even studied on an empty stomach.

That a further 22,000 is required to cover the cost of taking the extraordinary traffic case to the House of Lords.

That Lancaster Town beat the new Leyland Motors football team in their first match by 6 to 2 in the W. Lancs. League.

Of somebody who, reading our "Goods by Tramways" heading as "Good-bye Tramways," was momentarily cheered.

That Mr. F. G. Bristow regards holidays as heavensent opportunities for advancing the interests of tho O.M.U.A. in the provinces.

That yet another shot is being made at the magnetic face clutch for gear cha,nging and that it was first tried nearly 20 years ago.

That, if Leyland factory walls had not been mighty well built, there would -have been some shortage of single-deckers and chars-a-bancs for next month's deliveries.

That the present state of the British-American exchange makes it more difficult for the American to sell in Britain and easier for us to sell in U.S.A., and with Canada it is much the same, but that there's no such disparity as between Canada and U.S.A.

That the value of the sovereign, on latest quota tions, in Germany, 87s. 8d. ; in Finland, 50s. 911. ; in Portugal, 40s. 11d. ; in Italy, 31s. 8d. ; in Belgium, 27s. 11d. ; in France, 26s. 1011. ; in Brazil, 25s.,in Norway, 20s. ld. ; in Switzerland, 18s. 1011. in Holland, 18s. 9d. ; in Argentine, 17s, 4d. ; in Canada, 17s. 9d. ; and in U.S.A. and Japan 17s. 3d.

That according to a recent advertisement of the new -Thanet car, to be built apparently by the reconstructed Whitehead Aircraft Co., this 2185 car is to have, amongst other useful characteristics: "lubrication by pressure pump and splash which securea ample lubrication to all important parts of the chassis "—including the hubs presumably ; "a leatherfaced cone type clutch, arranged so as to engage safely and carefully"; "semi-illiptical springs, cantilever, giving perfect expansion even on the Worst roads " ; and extra rim and tight carrier"—which last fitting should be very useful. a B25


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