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The following Rumours, of which the Press Bureau has no Confirmation, but to the Publication of which, we imagine, it will take no exception.
Of making making-do do.
That plum and apple jam is barred.
That the comfort packers enjoyed the rest. That "none that don't pay deserve to share."
That snow-fighting has temporarily been neglected. That Rubberine is in Admiralty and W.D. favour.
That one way to fill a collecting card is to send 21 oneself.
That British steam-vehicle makers are asill benefiting.
That Willcox semi-rotary pumps are the best type of trench-drainers.
From Flight-commander Samson, that air is not the best filling for tires.
That rubber is being extensively used to make truncheons for the police.
That more four-wheel-driven trucks have been dered from America by the W.D.
That sellers of three-tonners for quick delivery are having an easy time of it just now.
That Leeds Tramways Department is waiting eagerly for its Belsize chassis on order.
Of astonishing ignorance of the British market by some would-be sellers of American "trucks."
That it is as well to win a favourable verdict when the suggestion is that a village was burnt down.
That one thing for which the A.S.C., MT., is re;ponsible is bread instead of biscuits in the firing-line.
That the New South Wales Red Cross Society was clever to secure eight heavy motors for war service.
That Second Lieut. R. Twelvetrees has been promoted to First Lieutenant as from 20th January last.
That no agent for American lorries is entitled to call himself "supervising engineer to the War Department," That calculated consumption for a battery vehicle on the road is often not more thanihalf theffinput of units that have to be paid for at the depot.
£32; 218k; £250; £324; £421; £565; 2666; 2761 ; 880; • 21092 ; 21183; £1355; 21607; 21784; £2099; £2452; £2743; and 23001 (to the 13th inst.). "Full steam" ahead.
That Coventry is going big guns.
That the dog is maddei than ever.
Of a new "returned empties" scheme.
Of seven attempts to pass one chassis.
Of columns of caterpillars at Aldershot.
That the Canadian Transport's gone over. That the Spa is a good name for a war lorry. Of further semi-Diesel tractor developments.
That York ia to have a few new trams after all. Of successful W.D. trials of the " Neverskid."
" Comforts " gramophones already hard at work.
That it would be a pity to tell them there is a war.
or0— Of bull's-eyes now being used instead of Sanatogen.
That No. 5 Ambulance Convoy was delighted with its jam.
Of a further coming " rear-axle-clearance " controversy.
Of quite a new branch of the A.S.C. without an issue of trousers.
That the impre.ssment officers ought still to find work in Sheffield.
That payment by mileage leads to imaginary mechanical stops.
Of spirit companies' new converted big-enginetouring-car chassis.
That the L.G.O.C. garages are about to make collections for the Fund.
That Barford and Thos. Green rollers are being used on new roads in camps.
That a paragraph on this page ivalways amusing— if it be about the other fellow.
That amongst endless appeals, people's sympathy is entirely with that of National Bands.
That many Territorial Supply Columns are now in process of being broken up and converted into Regular Mechanical Transport Companies, A.S.C.