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Of warnings that do not compare. Embarrassing confidences at times. That much in this page gets home.
That semi-balloons are on the way.
Of an oil-resisting finish for rubber.
That the overload over the land is bad.
Less than formerly of boiler incrustation.
Of intended operating not always operative.
That the star of hire-purchase remains bright.
Of mandated territory in the' motorbus world.
That much dazzling gives rise to much damning.
Of dickey-bird seats left in curtailed motorbuses.
Genial denials about some expected new models.
Of bridge improvements as the order of the day.
Of strong allies and stronger alloys of aluminium.
Of faults and falterings in some motorbus services.
That it's only a few traders but seek better futures.
Of more lamp violet and less red to be seen soon.
The police are on the look-out for " white light."
Of more chains in which there are no weak links.
Of the need for uniform warning signals on motor ambulances.
Of bright prospects in Naw Zealand for commercial vehicles.
That it's better to be the ugly duckling than the lame duck of a fleet.
Of funnier things about motor taxation than one can see the fun of.
That the central white safety line for busy highways is being extended.
That the recent gales have compelled the routes of some coastal services to be changed.
That solids have a long run in front of them, even if one should feel that they ought to be discouraged.
That 731 per cent, of our petrol comes from U.S.A. 14 per cent. from Persia, 10 per cent. from the iast Indies, and small proportions from Russia, Trinidad, Mexico and Roumania. .
The pessimist prophesying that: " Spring s suns on winter's bogs Will bring forth May fogs." That time waits for the motor thief.
Little of the standardization of maintenance..
That the good deeds of " Poreas" are proverbial.
" Lower the overheads and increase the profits."
That New York proposes to institute a petrol tax.
The question' why it is possible there and not here I 'That it might be called the 0-Ii(aye) oil-can carrier.
That the 1925 production of tyres in U.S.A. will reach 53,000,000.
Of the need for more radiator fenders on vehicles operating in congested traffic.
• -- That Ford is making his own steam turbines, which are each of 45,000 k.w.
That the road transport industry in this country employs 60,000 more men than the railways.
That the motorbus route mileage is nearly three times that of the railways.
That, so far, no highwayman has held up the modetn Bristol-London "coach."
Of the Leyland " quadrupptirpose" as the latest exponent of the protean art.
That, last year, Ford added 6,000,000 sq. ft. to his covered-floor space—an increase of 40 per cent.
That many owners of commercial vehicles would welcome an inexpensive cellulose enamel finish.
That Philadelphia is to have 200 petrol-electric double-deck buses made by the Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co.
That road improvements on a well-known Sussex common are ensuring two years' employment at 40s. a week to a number of men.
Of a new short-wheelbase Graham Brothers' chassis for tipping bodies. It has duplicated (superimposed) quarter-elliptic springs at the rear.
That you may not back a winner on the 25th, but you can book "a winner" on the 24th by placing your order for the Car. Passenger Vehicle Number.
That New Zealand has the longest regular passenger transport road service, this being between Wellington and New Plymouth—a distance of 240 miles, which is covered in one day.