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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, That all is not loss that is sunk.
Of stupendous orders for aeroplane spares.
That incredulity is the mother of philosophy.
"Cats is dogs, and dogs is rabbits, but this here's hinsect."
That America .is building petrol-driven read tampers (yammers).
That some of the petrol distributors have pet rolls of customers.
That all men properly badged remain entitled to stay in their civil jobs.
That the one thing a good-running chassis must not run away with is money.
That few wise owners have kept drivers only below 26 years of age, and single.
That Portsmouth hopes to get its Dennis fire-engine before South Shields gets its Leyland.
That there may be no direct Dover-Folkestone rail communication for at least five years.
Mr. Edward Powell will now equal Mr. Sidney Straker in years of office as President of the S.IVI.M.T.
That the Petrol Committee is getting busy, and that it's to be hoped it will lead to busy men getting petrol.
That a booked seat is better than standing-room only in a motorbus, but the latter is preferable to walking.
That some barefaced attempts to deceive impressment officers in 1914 are not 'yet forgotten at the W.O.
That the introduction of local taxes will defer indefinitely the introduction of many projected new local motorbus services.
That Aberdeenshire and other farmers are stoutly opposed to any new taxes on their motor means of getting to and front market.
That a hurricane lamp, painted red and rigidly secured, remains the best tail lamp for vehicles with steel tires or stiff road-springs.
That the easier the starting of a petrol engine the greater the oossibilities of fuel economy if an extra air-inlet be fitted during the summer.
That locomotive fire-boxes from the G.S. and W. By. works at Inchicore were used to build up armoured bodies on motor lorries during the Dublin revolt.
That the 30th June, which date will mark the expiry of right of private-car user in respect of taxes paid last January, will see many a motorcar transferred to a heavier sphere. Of more and more American " truck " makers.
Of Scotch shale spirit used for mixing purposes.
Of New York buses with differentialiess back axles.
That the relief of the men who've turned 41 is not in cash.
That it will be as well to get in winter coal stocks by August.
That the Ford activity in commercial-vehicle circles is rapidly increasing.
That the latest 3-ton lorry carries Machinery for erecting and dismantling a circus.
Of extraordinary mishaps which befell the German flotilla that bombarded Lowestoft.
That the usual contract price for a van-horse just now is round about 2120 per annum.
That the American tire companies, were not in the least disturbed by the prohibition scare.
The. new Southampton factory of the Ford comrn pally will serve England and the Continent.
That one depot in London holds a large enough stock of American tires to be able to outlast the war.
That there is.sometimes a lot of difference between writing as a daily press-man, and criticising as an engineer.
That one piece of terse advice by the Chairman of the M.T.A., at his luncheon party last week, was" If you have got it on your mind, chuck it off your chest."
That £2. As. 6d. 'remitted—to the C.M.U.A., to cover entrance fee and first annual subscription, is a May investinent for any owner or intending owner of a van or lorry.