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Of Chars-a-Bangor. Of shivery delivery.
Of bans on •chars-a-bancs.
Of Ransomes fit for kings.
Of the 20th-century Miracle.
Of wood .flywheels -onsteamvehicles—HushI That Germany let off means England let down..
That shorts are cool in summer but not in batteries.
That outgoings mean income to the motor coach
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Of certain improvements in the Mann steam wagon.
That the Ransome's tractor-lorry does not cut corners.
Of the Ford as embodying the principle--More pace., less speeds.
That the War Office files numerous extracts from The Commercial Motor.
That the " future " design of steam wagons hasbecome the " present."
That the C.M. is able to place much exclusive information before its readers.
That there will soon be a key to the difficulty of water supply for steam road vehicles.
That the "refinement of the motor coach" might well extend, in some cases, to the load.
Great variations of opinion concerning the wisdoni of giving the railways the powers they ask.
The opinion expressed that the railways can do all they want to, so far as road transport is concerned, without going to Parliament.
The question : Why do they not institute the road services if they are so keen upon them?
That. the A.A. and MAT. maps showing road conditions all over the country are invaluable.
But that roads alternative to those in bad condition cannot often be found.
" Skeg-ness Coach Stands."—Good": but, then, (according to the G.E.R.) Skegness is so bracing.
Of a" Ford Butcher's Shop."—But who wants to butcher a Ford, anyway? Perhaps a happy knacker That Ospers' new 2-ton chassis, emanating from wlience it does, should prove a very sound proposition.
That the motor rioter of The She#eld Daily Telegraph regards the roads from the wrong point of view.
That an effort is being made to ascertain whether some form of control over -all hackney vehicles is possible. That the Star Baby is a bonny infant.
That it reminds us of Bier Rabbit's Tar-Baby.
Of continuance of the railway war fare.
And of piecemeal reductions.
" Is it not written in the Bond l" (Shylock).
That the C.W.S. lorry now being made by co-operators goes N.A.P. on tyres. EvidentIy• they are sweet on Macintosh's.
That Leyland lorries delivering paper to the Holton Press in Manchester require the whole width of Mark Lane ; and the Mark Lane of Cottonopolis is a very different kind of thoroughfare from its namesake in London.