One Hears— Of big " C.M." posters on the B-types.
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That brevity is the soul of "One Hears." That repetition is the secret of conviction. That those who arc out wish they were in. Of .a plague of "type " letters at the Show.
That the Daimler rearrangements are /law announced.
That the W.O. has been trying to impose its own gearbox.
That the W.O. multi-models may be of more effect next year.
That it is a serious undertaking to sell a chassis to a funeral furnisher.
That the W.O. hopes the " C.M." will report the September-October trials.
That. even Glasgow's Tramway Committee is becoming nervous, and says so.
That its to be hoped the all-night motorbuses will he ultra quiet and driven very steadily.
That to-day (Thursday) is the day the Business Department wants to hear from most people.
That the " CM." facsimile reprint booklet of specimen pages will be much sought at Stand 17.
That the Editor's idea. of a fortnightly interval foe the Press notices to sink in has worked wonders.
That not everybody seems to realize how Bauch more the strength of bridges matters than their surfaces.
That a cobwebbed horseshoe makes an excellent trade mark for any horsey company adopting motors, That some local authorities leek up • tender deposits far too lone. before notification of their decision is given.
That the average buyer is concerned with load capacities, and not with—to him—uninformative works initials.
That the Show Report Issue will be four times the size of an ordinary issue, yet got through all its stages in three days.
That a Department of Highways may not come for three or more years, but that a London Traffic Board may come next year.
That many times 199 Home buyers have been induced by the last few issues of TIIE COMMERCIAL MOTOR to visit Olympia.
That " The Greater Motor Omnibus " CO. is not a bad title, but that the company when formed doesn't propose to work in London.
That a grocer who offered the same tea at is. 3d.2s. 6d. per lb. would stand as much chance of impressing his customers as some salesmen who offer a 12-24 h.p. motorvan. Olympia, Olympia, Olympia—the place of the Show.
That a key system which worries buyers is valueless and harmful That.the new "Trades Campaign" by this journal will tell at Olympia.
That the loads catch the eye as much as the very best in bodywork and finish.
Thatethe good new things are first offered to -the big advertisers in any industry.
That there is precious little left of that original specification for the subsidy models.
That only careless visitors will miss the Southey gas producer on the Commercar stand.
That P.Q. conveys • no more than B.M., and that neither really produces Z s. d. horn the public.
That there may always be plenty of back-hone in a journal and yet not always a spine to the cover.
That there are many imitators of the Maudalay a-le, the Wolseley clutch, and the Denuis worm.
That the municipal visitors will come, see eud buy, and will not take up too anten time over it all.
That. the Rubber Market wishes solid tires for all motor wagons were also compulsory in the U.K.
That sellers of consumable stores for commercial meters are increasing in both assiduity and numbers.
That none of the. L.G.O.C. painting experiments are as yet the equal of the predominant all-red colour scheme.
That very few buyers will be bothered to memorize the Y.Z. signification•s of alleged but mistaken descriptive value.
That the Mr. E. A. Foden who fined a traction. engine driver £5 for taking water at Penkridge last week is not one of the old firm.
That Mr. Frank Garrett, Jnr., Of Leiston, has been added to the C.V. Committee of the S.M..M.T., and that it's a step in the right direction.
That the administrators of the L.C.C. tramcar undertaking are at last realizing that those of the L.G.O.C. are making rings round them.
That the genial smile on the face of Arthur Spurrier since be won the S.M.M.T. golf cup has made him look more than before like his brother Harry.
That sonic unobservant members of the public are sure to forget that paying entry (one shilling) cannot be obtained at Olympia before two o'clock on the opening day—to-morrow riday).
That a Dennis char-h-bancs from Littlehampton, with 30" kn tits " aboard, was seen on the road last Saturday with a huge placard behind reading" Suffering men ; blokes fer women:' That the folly of trying to make buyers use works A.B.C. designations -is rendered more than ever apparent when several makers apply the same unmeaning alphabetic combinations to widely-differing mode Is.