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That Bartle's bodies are booming.
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Again—or the Influenza MicrO.B.E.
That one good tin serves (to open) another. That the Shell Co.'s arguments are egg-shell.
Of training schools for drivers of six-wheeled chicle s.
That the police will study page. 685 as closely as anyone.
Much new matter re pneumatics and that Hales from America.
That there's plenty of oil in the wells, but not a drop in the price.
Of good British-made ball and roller bearings which "need no bush.".
That, with the luxury of motor hearses, the cost of dying is going up.
That the crank turned because it saw the divided skirt of the piston.
That the Landon-Martyn gear is ready to do a good turn for any van-owner.
That others, as well as the " Inspector," got the bump at the Glasgow Show.
Of a preference for leaving the gudgeon-pin unfastened because it is best left floating.
From the U.S.A., that a lorry was .stopped under the Prohibition Act because its brakes whined.
, That trading with America is like telephoning in England—you can't get anything out of the exchange.
The hope that the new " St." Helen -Won't be censored when the artist has done lopping her fop peries. 0 That there has been quite a rush to the G.F.R. station, Coborn Road (for Old Ford) since it has been re-opened.
Of smart ex-M.T. drivers who still pipe-clay their tyres and give the springs a rest by jacking op the lorry week-ends.
That London traffic moved very freely last Wednesday with the absence of the , taxis to congest and obstruct it. 0 That the taxi drivers in London and other centres did themselves a great disservice last Wednesday, for selfishness payeth never.
That the hoary equation—" P.C. plus £ s. d. = has been. proved incorrect, the root of the wetter being that P.C. is quite " independent " of the equation and is already "satisfied" by the ratepayer. Of keen quests after a reliable self-lubricating bush.
Of a large and cosy caravan which is not all bunk 'ern.
Of many excuses for business trips to the Riviera just now.
Regarding repairs. ",Is your's a War Office or a subsidy lorry I" Of a big move ahead for promoting " motor movies" on the village green.
That York's experiments in passenger transport are not outstanding in merit.
That, of ccrurse,, drivers much prefer a comfortable canopy to the "cold shoulder."
That if you have not got a bed for the Royal Show in June, you won't get one now.
From scientific circles that it is a tough problem to prevent aluminium castings from growing.
And learns from "Ford Van Pointers" that the cost of a battery rises in proportion to its charges.
That many go-ahead firms have acquired the broaching habit pretty badly—not, however, to "draw from the wood.
From Bangalore of enthusiastic natives journeying to Bombay, 700 miles away, to learn lorry driving and maintenance.
That it would surprise cld " King Lad" to see those Lacre road cleaners make rings round Ludgate Circus late o' nights.
That some of the remarks and criticisms of the proposed "horse-power or weight tax" have a very high thermal efficiency.
That les awkward when a firm puts up cottages for its employees, and then the latter get jobs elsewhere and refuse to be evicted.
That some of the principal Royal Show buildings have already been blown down two or three times at Darlington, and that the directors have very nearly got the wind up.
From " over the border" of a canny would-be lorry buyer who thought 3 per cent. nickel content in the valves was much too low " conscederin' the present high percentages prevailin'."
That the notorious infirmary site at Piccadilly, Manchester, would make a fine garage for the lorries collecting and delivering for the neighbouring cotton warehouses, but the City Council is being Besham'd in the matter.
From Mr. Peeksniff, up-to-date. "What are we but engines? Some of us, I say, are steam engines some are oil engines, and others are fire-engines. Our passions are the exhaust gases and our virtues are the brakes. We race from the Home Depot to Spirit Walk."