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Of the A.E.C. of the A.B.C.
Of R.T.N.'s hard facts and easy figures.
Of amalgamations in electric vehicle circles.
That combined publicity schemes seldom last.
Of activity amongst fire-engine manufacturers.
That any tradesman can vulcanize with advantage.
That a newspaper is published in Chicago entitled A grim °tar.
That agrimotor is a word evolved ill this office, as also is paseelcar.
Of much municipal obstinacy in the matter of kerbside pumps.
Of additional buses—not " Generals "—for London's streets.
That overseas business is increasing, especially " east of Suez."
That the full force of the jitney has not yet been felt in London.
OF a rehearsal of the Leyland portion of the Preston Guild procession.
That Mr. A. Whalesby Windsor, of Leyland, has become a member of the Institute of Transport.
That many people are not yet alive to the fact that there is not to. be a Commercial Motor Show this year.
That the A.A. did yeoman road service amongst the tens of thousands of road users during Preston Guild Week.
That certain Brighton residents—opponents of the Aquarium scheme—are like fish out of water ; their ideas are dead.
That some few Char-a-banes owners are criminally negligent in the matters of repairs and the use of unreadworthy machines.
That in the Preston Guild -procession the lorry pace had to come down to 2 m.p.hs because of the farmhorses in the procession.
That radiators kept cool in spite of walking pace.
When trouble in the battery seems ubiquitous R.T.N. says sloppy methods are iniquitous. He suggests that substitution Is the trouble's best solution, But he thinks the word meticulous ridiculous. That we're still receiving welcome particulars of " Charley's Aunt" vehicles.
That there is a growing tendency by employees So blackmail makers for commissions.
That there were 24,000 people at the opening day of the Royal Lancashire at Preston.
Of the in.ereasing popularity of that type of trailer which tracks with the towing vehicle.
That the Brighton Aquarium, owing to financial fissures, is to he left to the fin and shell fish.
That the next gathering of the National Council (of the C.M.U.A.) is at Nottingham on October 4th and 5th.
That " every bus for its route and devil take the jitney" is being put forward as the best public service motto.
That one of the most popular forms of transport to-day is that known as the " Dodgem. "—a trolleybus of sorts on castors.
That few lorries are better kept than Shell's, and that that may be because the chief engineer has had years of .experience of battleships.
That while Dennis and Leyland could not 'show their fire-engines at Preston; the Merryweather was exhibited: That some manufaetnrers consider that the very large coach will soon be debarred from our roads, and that they are, therefore, turning their attention to the development of the small coach seating from 18 to 24 passengers.
That, despite the Bond, there appears to be no difficulty in anyone showing second-hand vehicles at agricultural and other shows except for the original makers, and that there were both Karriers and Thornyerofts, of the. leading makes at the Lancashire show—although • not shown by their hond-signing makers, of course.
That the Bond is very unsatisfactory in practice in many ways, and that there are far too. many loopholes.