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of negotiations between the Bolton police and makers of winter wheels.
of 30-seated chars-a-bancs which work on hilly roads at 7.25d. per mile all in.
• * That Mr. Raymond Dennis was still ayont the Tweed ycsterday (Wednesday).
That a well-established country manufacturer is thinking of building 15-cwt. vans in London. * That a night. shift which adds more than 30 per cent. to any works production is not to be sneezed at.
Good accounts of Mann's steam rollers for road-patching service, and that the facility of reversing counts for much.
That whilst one or two makers are going in for additional models several others intend to concentrate upon only a couple.
That an inner-circle lodge of heavy motorists is known as " The Nelson," and that its rigid closeness is fully equal to a lock.
That accumulator-served metallic-filament side and tail lamps promise to become more and more popular with owners of motor vehicles.
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That representatives of ▪ the C.M.U.A. and the Commercial
That there is a diversity of view in the trade as to the comparative merits of riveted and electrically-welded tanks for use with petrol and other liquid fuels.
of growing rivalry anent motor-pump capacities amongst. lire briaades and of contemplated departures from existing practice which are of doubtful utility whilst not inexpensive.
That the P. and 0. have now come in, and that others who are versed in colonial and export dealing will also recognize the value of TILE COMMERCIAL Maron. before many moons—
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That the Editor now has ample room to swing a cat in his new office here, but that he has so far only thrown out an importunate would-be contributor who somehow eluded the faithful subs.
That Mr. G. A. Green, late of the L.G.O. and of the Brussels Motorbus Company, took up his duties with the Express Motor Cab Co. on the 9th inst., and that he already has quite enough to do to keep him busy.
That there may he a dinner, next June, in London, to mark the tenth anniversary of the third Liverpool trials, that it may be held at the new R.A.C. clubhouse, and that Sir John I. Thornycroft, F.R.S., M.Inst.C.E., may take the chair.
That the attempts of " The Extractor," who is just back from a Christmas holiday amongst the Alps, to toboggan in the corridors of the new offices of Temple Press have been ens eumveryted by the nailing down of the mats to the linoleum.
That the Holborn garage of the Carnage-Bell Motorcab Co.. which depot was considerably trumpeted at the inaugural luncheon, and which was to cost less than nothing for rent, is now superseded by extensive premises in Commercial Road, Pimlico.
That the S.M.M.T. means to oppose the exemption of socalled trackless tramcars from the provisions of the Heavy Motor Car Order, which exemption is sought by Bill promoters, se far as regards axle-weight and other structural limitations, and that this most-reasonable demand for conformity to regulations which are designed to protect macadamized roads against undue use will he officially endorsed by the Road Board. That a new Aries model embodies a chain-drive gearbox that is curiously like that of the L.G.O.C.
That the Charron company's latest big motorcab order is for a fleet of 500 machines for St_ Petersburg.
That sonic " W. and G." cabs may shortly be garaged at Farm Lane, as Acton is a bit off the map of Central London.
Many inquiries from various parts of the world for particulars of the constructional features of the L.G.O. silent types of chassis.
That the 10.I.A.T. Motor Cab Co. now requires a return of Gd. per mile covered, and that. any fractiou below that rate has to be paid by the driver.
That those passengers who, on Sunday last, were suspended for 35 minutes in underground lift shafts, will be inclined in future to risk a breakdown on a motorbus.
Thal, lots of people wonder why the General Motor Cab Co. still continues to take its petrol in two-gallon tins, and why no storage installation has been put down at Brixton.
That, although the unprogressive muncipality of Bournemouth objects to the running of tramcars on Sundays, it has no objections to the rails being repaired on the Sabbath.
That the Berks Automobile and Aero Club has been considering the matter of calling in Col. R. E. Crompton, C.B., to advise upon the state of certain roads in the county of Berks.
That the Lanark County Fire-Brigade display at. Hamilton on Saturday last was not intended to be a lark, but that some prominent, liremasters who were present, seemed to think so.
That receipts per car-mile upon the L.C.C. tramcars are going to be increasingly affected by motorbus competition, and that even Mr. Aubrey Llewellyn Coventry Fell feare the imminent fall.
That Mr. Sam Michaels. formerly general secretary of the Motor Cab Drivers' Protection Association, has at present no official position with the newly-amalgamated body, but that he may seek re-election before long.
That Messrs. Baxter and Jewell, of Brahn's Taxameter, 1.1.11., were timekeepers at a recent boxing entertainment given by the National Motor Cab Co.'s Athletic Club, but that they are suspected of not having registered the " Extras." s * That certain officials at the Panhard repair works were by no means pleased when a 12-14 h.p. Panhard, which was sold to a lady for private use, was equipped with a taximeter, passed by Scotland Yard, and then sent to Acton for certain adjustments.
That A. E. Newton, of Vacuum Oil, was much tickled at the notice which we recently gave to his patented oil taps, and especially at, our wonder as to whether he wanted to save oil, and that a lot of cab companies have since bought his " treacle taps."
That a recent fatal motorbus accident which happened on the Underground was due to the fact that the man who fell on the rails had just missed a 'bus, and had therefore gone by tube instead, and that The Daily Graphic," amongst other papers, is probably sorry it did not think of it.
That there are now five or six of Pooley's admirable weighbridges, each 14 ft. long by 8 ft. wide, in steady use by the County Council of Aberdeen, that each weighs up to 2D tons, that these have been ostensibly laid down to allow tractionengine traffic to be checked, that the machines already show good revenue for ordinary public weighings, and that their worth as a source of revenue is startling.