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Of a possible setting-back of dumb irons. That asphalt covers multitudes of road sins.
That few bus routes can be taken for granted.
Of more demand for more comfort motorbuses. That motoring has killed the one-time dog days.
That " safety " motor coaches are to have a long Of the re-birth of the successful hydraulic lifting jack. 0 That no motorbus proprietor can live by thanks alone.
That exhaust fumes account for the wasp famine. 0 Fewer complaints about "earthquakes on . wheels." 0 That it's much harder to dispose of a stolen motorbus than to steal one.
That the Empire Products Campaign is reacting in favour of British chassis.
That it's a good job so much fast motoring does not lead to anything beyond the grave risks taken.
That Sir Henry Maybury may be expected back from America still feeling that London might be much worse. 0 That the height above the ground of bumpers, as fitted to motor vehicles, may shortly be standardized.
That Los Angeles can give points in contemporary road-traffic control to any British city and also to New York City.
That more private stations for more motor. coaches are becoming an imperative necessity in a number of popular centres, Of eye-openers for owners when some bus-bodies • alleged to weigh so lithe are taken off the chassis and found to weigh so much.
That the Home Secretary is evincing a more active interest in anti-dazzle investigations than is the Minister of Transport.
That the successful conversion of heavy oil into a vapour is less than a quarter of the whole problem of its continued use commercially in place of petrol. 0 That there's no more remarkable value given by any traders in Britain than the low motorbus fares which are the rule at the hands of London and provincial omnibus owners.
That the large temporary surplus on the Road Fund remains a temptation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer despite his public asseverations to the contrary. , Of A.E.C.s knocking trains about.
That Parliarant is enjoying a "shed day."
Of double reductions—but not in tyre prices.
Of fuel pumps both spendthrift and miserly.
Of umpteen committees, but few commitments.
Of an epidemic of motor caravanning in Susses. Of the lay Press describing trams as "obsolete."
That brakes without fakes take hills without spills.
That a lean mixture makes a fat bill for exhaust valves.
That a taxi on the rank is worth two in the garage. 0 The four-wheel brake's battle cry—" Four wheel for whoa." 0 That buying is easier than selling—if you have the money.
Of holiday makers laying aside the camera for the umbrella. 0 That stuffed horses will soon be in demand by museum authorities.
That it needs a long body to accommodate the owner's name in Germany.
That it is no good locking the bus door when the passenger has fallen out.
Of some petrol vehicles as well as steamers which seem to possess fusible plugs.
Of sit and the world sits with you, stand and you stand in the rain—in non-rush hours.
Of charcoal-gas in France ; most of the motorgas in this country is of the Westminster type.
Something different each week concerning the Chancellor's attitude to the Road Fund, but of agreement between all parties that he needs watching thereanent in any event.
Someone suggesting that, as our high road banks seem to be the fashionable building sites for wasps this year, the A.A. Scouts should be armed with cyanide of potassium for destroying the nests.
HERE'S ONE
Professor Phineas Shark, the eminent statistician and mathematician, estimates that, if all the drivers of slow heavy vehicles who consistently' hug the crown of the road and are deaf to the appealing hoots from faster vehicles were placed end to end, it would be a good idea to push them off a bridge.