These cabalistic signs mean " keep your eye on Paisley" and were popu larized during the
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K.Y.E.O.P. Scottish pleasure vehicle trials, last summer. My friend, Mr. T. C. Pullinger, piloted me round the new Arrol-Johnston works recently, and there were many signs of activity on the business-vehicle side. Amongst the orders in hand by this maker were some vans intended for Australia and New Zealand, and I saw one lorry, winch had come in from a local user, that had beeu in constant use over two years, doing its 70 to 80 miles a day; that occasion was its first time " in dock," a circumstance which speaks volumes for Arrol-Johnston quality.
Now that the Edinburgh Show is well over, and people are settled down again, the real re
Scotland Again, results are beginning to be known. I hear a poor account from some exhibitors : on the other hand, a large number, and of these many have given me what is termed "ocular demonstration " of the truth of their statements. has done good business. I understand that 100,000 persons passed the turnstiles, which number seems a satisfactory attendance. I predict that, when the show is held in Glasgow, as it is expected to be next year, both attendance and business results will he vastly improved. Glasgow, somehow or other, is not a nice town—not even the Scotsmen I know will defend it—but it is a grand business place, and everything
in a business way centres upon it, so it is cheering to know that the next show will be held there.
By the time these lines are in print we shall be in the throes of the Man
chester Show. The Be Early, executive have followed the example of the S.M.M.T. in one particular and instead of holding an opening luncheon on the first day, when exhibitors _ and others—particularly Pressmel are extremely busy, have arranged for a dinner to be held on the evening before the opening of the show. The dinner will be served, at
the Victoria 'Hotel to-night (Thursday). Tickets can be procured from the Secretary, Mr. Wightman, Palatine hotel, Manchester.
Our editorial staff will be exceptionally busy, as this paper will be published two days earlier than usual; it will contain a fully-illustrated report of the show, and a large section of the issue will be devoted to reports, from users of motorvans, respecting costs of running and general performances, and will he on sale on our stand on Tuesday morning. I mention these
details so that exhibitors will remember to get stands ready early for inspection and photographs.
The Pioneer Garage, at Cricklewood, has been taken by Messrs. J. A. Lawton and Co., the well known coachbuilders, of Liverpool, who are developing an extensive London trade. I understand this place will be used principally for the building of cab and commercial-vehicle bodies. Coming to London.
An intimation has reached me to the effect that Mr. .J. C. Sinclair, a director of The Sinclair Rubber Co.,
Firm. Ltd., of Edinburgh,
has recently severed his connection with that company, and has accepted the appointment of sole agent, in Scotland and the north of England, for the Unity Rubber Co., Ltd., of Pendleton, Manchester.
A Change of The Pfieumatic filling, manufactured by the Pfteumatic Syndicate, 82, Victoria Street, S.W., is a cellular substance containing compressed air. The mixture contains an enormous number of tiny cells, and is intended to supersede air tubes; it is, of course, unpuncturable. I understand that the Dunlop Co. is satisfied concerning the merits of this commodity, and has entered into an arrangement for pushing the sale of the same. To Supersede Air Tubes.