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Of more trolley-buses for Doncaster.
The hum of tractors in the harvest fields.
That the niotor-caravan habit is spreading. Of a new caMpaign. against noisy' exhausts. Of hauliers busy transporting outcrop coal.
There's need for every class of road material.
That.a. -leaning load is inclined towards danger. That some four-wheel-brake layouts are illegal. That fares have no cares on well-organized tours. That the mechanical horse seem S as far off as ever.
Of coach owners doing well despite the coal stoppage.
That Woodford Is not always healthy for motorists.
That hire-car proprietors in mining districts are badly hit.
That pit ponies are having many glorious "shed days."
That one trade's slackness may be another's opportunity.
Of tyre manufacturers advising users to " study the bumps." , That Ferodo is good for b• us-stair treads as well as brakes.
That in the years to come it will be a crime to use raw coal.
That the Bagnulo heavy-oil, engine is now being made in four sizes.
That German agriculturists make good use of mechanical helps.
A growing 'demand for more attention to bad places on unclassified roads. '
That London newspapers are using more and more British-built delivery vans.
That nobody, can properly estimate where extensions of road motoring will end.
Of all previous records for August weeks beaten by this month's motor coach takings.
Of happy hauliers and contented carriers after the third consecutive fine Bank Holiday.
That the widening of Goner• by Hill on the Great North Road will be a welcome improvement.
That England is about to learn much from Hungary as to new methods of chassis construction.
North—south—east—west, of happy coach proprietors blessing the weather, and even the coal shortage.
That we shall soon be bearing of sporting trials of commercial vehicles now that Brooklands and freak hills have been successfully tackled by them. That a leaky cab damps fares' enthusiasm.
Of possible one-way streets in Scarborough.
Caustic comments from tired peint-duty men.
That the Metropolis is backward in bus experiments.
Of various motor factories busy making parts for their rivals, That qualified repairers of steam vehicles are quite rare beings.
• That a carelessly packed load is likely to have legal consequences.
That one can reach a gradient of 1 in 3 on tip gear but not top gear.
That conforming to proposed regulations gets a bit tiring after years.
It's not proving all plain sailing for Glasgow's new motorbus company.
That a good many road surveyors and others will motor to and from Milan.
That decent condition is a better advertisement than a flattering title on a coach.
That the Croydon char-it-bancs' three-hour evening trips to the Surrey hills are very popular.
That pneumatics would cost them less per mile if the pressures were tested more frequently by all owners of one or two vehicles.
That the low price of modern pocket testers leaves them no excuse for not being so equipped.
That with the Electricity Act on the Statute Book the turn of the Road Vehicles Bill has at last got to the stage of coming next.
That the L.G.O.C. is framing a big scheme for the development of new rohtes up to and within a 30-mile radius from Charing Cross.
That it is now possible to get a really "late extra" in London's suburbs at a reasonable hour, thanks to the motor delivery vehicles.
That "returns," consequently, are fewer.
That certain interests propose to make a dead set against six-wheelers and steam while the new motor legislation is being considered.
It will take all C.M.1.T.A. and like activities to secure due effect on the speed side for pneumatics when contemplated schedules come before the House of Commons next session.