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Is not wholly the Editor's page.
Of anxious inquiries for the C.M.U.A. badge.
That much of the Leeds to Bradford main road is a disgrace. * * * That Mr. It. F. Clayton has left for a few weeks stay in Canada. * * * That Bradford people find their trolleybuses both noisy and bumpy.
That up-to-date side-fall angles do not exceed 1 in 20 even on asphalt.
That many buses are now being fitted with the new toast-rack lifeguard.
That the differential is not a locomotive fitting, nor is a funnel peculiar to steamships.
That Mr. C. A. Kahler is to leave for the U.S.A. on the s.s. " Baltic " to-day (Thursday).
That Clarkson's buses in London do six miles to the gallon on cheap Russian petroleum.
That Oxford is still a Paradise for hansom cabs, but that not only the good ones go there.
That horse interests are evincing more and more friendly inclination to work with motor interests.
That people only appreciate the full tube facilities in London on the rare occasion when they are in part temporarily suspended.
That in these days of efficient ignition, it is doubly dangerous for a driver if he winds up an engine without putting his change-speed lever into neutral.
That a provincial motorbus conductor recently had difficulty in persuading a would-be passenger that he couldn't take 6 cwt. of potatoes into the vehicle with him.
That a roundabout proprietor, who hauled no fewer than six wagons and a watercart behind a traction engine near Lincoln recently, vs a certainly overdoing it.
That the tramway men took up their evidence to the House of Commons Traffic Committee in taxicabs, and that trams would have been used but for fear of breakdowns.
That Mr. R. P. Thorpe, London manager for Clayton's, of Haddersfield, was married, in Yorkshire, last Wednesday. and that he prefers chain-driven to gear-driven lawn-mowers.
That the Victoria (Australia) Country Roads Act will create a demand for engineers and surveyors possessed of up-to-date experience of modern road construction and maintenance.
That the firat B-type motorbus, sold by Robert Bell, Ltd., for service at Newmarket, has created a very favourable impression in this horsey locality, which is shortly to be in the throes of an interesting by-election.
That money is being spent on the Lindula-Agra (Ceylon) road, and that motor vehicles will shortly appear upon it in increasing numbers, at the hands of the Ceylon Tea Planters Co., the Lrva Rubber Co:, and other owners and likely owners. Of B-type pudding at a recent dinner. Much more recently of the pirate motorbus.
That tire price lists are very little indication of tire prices. • * Often from Mr. Secretary Bristow, but always cheerily.
Of a driver' e written reference to his " eternal " combustion engine.
That that new-vehicle. section at the Parade this year will make an exceptionally fine show.
That the handsome Daimler-Dodson saloon motorbus will be the Judges' office at the Parade. * That Mr. E. Keith Davies is now chief salesman for London and district in the Halley interests.
That people who seek to use motorbus accident records to advance political issues will be let down.
That the National Motor Cab Co. is likely to be the next concern to inaugurate a London parcel-delivery service.
That thousands of people do work regularly every day of the year, which most people never think has to be done at all.
That some people imagine a gong or other warning device " peculiar to motorbuses" must be hied and noisy, but that they are wrong.
That Mr. T. Blackwood Murray, one of the Albion directors, has been heartily congratulated on his recent election to full membership of the Inst.C.E.
That the Beeston depot of Messrs. Andrew Barton Bros. now offers tire-press facilities to all Nottingham and district owners of vehicles fitted with baud tires, That Australian farmers are ready to welcome and to pay qualified veterinary surgeons who have lost their jobs in England through big motor-transport developments.
That Clayton's. of Huddersfield. offered an owner of one of -Cheir wagons a new gearbox for his fouryear-old one, if he would let it be exhibited, but that the owner refused.
That the new Petter showrooms at 73, Queen Victoria Street. E.C., are only a few doors from the old premises at No. 63, and that the export offices will remain at the latter address.
That a circular emanating from a " motor-pawnbroker" denies the proprietor's possession of diamond rings, fur coats or enlarged facial features, hut that all pledges presumably must own at least
three ball bearings. G
That upon the recent death of his father, Mr. F. H. Sheppee, of steam-wagon repute, inherits a large fortune, and that the scheme for the new works at Worcester will still go ahead. although it may he somewhat delayed in consequence.
That the "Walthamstow Guardian " thinks that electric tramcars will come out very badly in the competition which is taking place between them and motorbuses, and that the inability of the tramcars to avoid traffic delays. due to their running on a rigid track, is possibly at the root of the inferiority.