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That it is better to give than to receiver.
Of kinema actors who become motor experts.
That it is a paying game—played slowly.
That Colonel Warwick Wright wanted to make it a (1 B.13 Of rising competition in the lorry gaa-producer world.
That Kensington Gardens has become a lorry "park."
That motor vehicles of all types are going cheap out East.
Of leading lorry lights at Skindles—and other people, too.
Nicholson on how to clean the' crankcase sumps— or sumping.
Of black-leaded exhaust pipes, and a recrudescence of eye-wash. 0 Of the " Inspector " on the war-path and " Vim " on the tow-path.
That chars-a-banes can be useful, sometimes, for carrying other freights than joy-riders.
That excursion trains did not figure in any "What's on for Whilisun " programme.
That a badly tyred lorry is a nuisance, but that a badly tired driver can be the very devil.
That what the good ship "Motor Industry" wants at the present time is a trade wind.
That the most prevalent atmospheric disturbanca, is, however, trade wind-up.
Of those who visualize motor transport as the revitalizer as well as the re-victualler of the villages.
That the railways regard the Government decision re race meetings as jockeying with their post-strike prospects. 0 That we are not publishing "The Mystery of The Commercial Motor'—there is nothing mysterious about our popularity.
That the complete isolation of country districts is a thing of the past, and that the product of Detroit was the first to destroy it.
That the Chink makes an excellent chauffeur, but that his celestial imperturbability, under hairbreadth escapes from disaster, is rather disquieting to the nervous passenger. That " 'Tis an ill wind— I" That all is not sold that glitters That oil-cracking research is not over-spirited.
Of thousands sampling motor coaching at 6d. a time. 0 Not "May I trouble you?" but "I wita trouble Of joy-riding in Leeds—by emergency transport via motor coach.
• That strike duty provides splendid advertisements for motor coaching.
That " Maud " has a notorious number of admirers in " Cottonopolis."
From Bradford that the motor coach owner is a very useful opportunist.
And from Leeds that the chana-bancs is a very present help in time of trouble.
Of no reduction for Leeds passengms who make a double journey without getting out.
The coach owner remarking that the coal .strike has come along at a very useful time.
That one of the most serious causes of energy-waste is the blasted gas from smelting furnaces.
That a pessimist is a man who has lived with an optimist. The trouble, in these days, is to find an optimist.
That Birmingham is now linked with Weston-superMare by a daily bus service of Midland "Reds." Single fare, 15s.
Precious little about die-casting development But a precious lot of saving could be effected by its intensive employment—only to mention discgrinding, drilling, jigging-up, and finish.
That the French Government is subsidizing a company promoted for training factory managers, foundry overseers, and machine-shop foremen.
Of Cunard-conducted motor coach trips ; so the company will be able to take as its motto that of the Royal Marines: " Per Mare, Per Terram."