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20th August 1914
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Automotive Industry

Of freight frights.

" SeeLeh the scaremonger."

That Germany is badly off for petrol, That they are all business motors now.

The t, had the war come a year later, she would have had big stocks.

That "Made in Germany" is already giving place to Made in the Midlands."

That several big cargoes intended for her were premptly diverted to England.

That a member of our staff has just taken a week to get from Geneva to Rosebery Avenue.

That all L.G.O. drivers have now received their all-rohie passes, and are busy using them.

Thai: the war has also brought considerable den einds for motor sweepers and agrirnotors.

That not all the Special Reservists were prepared ever to have to do anything for their a year.

That quite a lot of people are waiting for the word from the Board of Trade to start snaking magnetos.

That if they quarter many more Territorials in London, ordinary motorbus passengers wid have to walk.

That there are no buses and few taxis in Paris, and that the Metro trains are only running every ':a) minutes.

That one of the best ways to help the Government is to do the best to mind one's own business—if one has one loa.

That. amongst many silly reports a widespread ono was that L.G.O. buses are now to be seen in the Avenue Auspach.

That amongst components which have, noticeably come into their own are British-made ball bearings and stool-disc wheels.

That during the week-end the French captured a column of 19 cavalry-transport motor wagons from the Germans at Lorquin.

That. the Admiralty is hot on the tracks of German bottoms with petrol in them, and that the captures will all conic Britainwards.

That the practicability of Government emp]oyment ef the 28,00o pleasure motors so light-heartedly eff:.,viad is an extremely doubtful one.

That the L.G.O.C. is always commendahly ready to contribute to funds to aid the necessitous, and is once again busy with a scheme for relief.

That two ' UM." special correspondents are alseinly at the front, but that their actual whereabouts must not be disclosed—even if we knew them. Of plenty of orders for all.

Of unsparing demands for spares.

That SaKsbury T.C. stands chars-h.-banes in the vg market.

That the German Empire, by prophecy, will end in October.

That the horsed cab is again appearing on the London streets.

That the light raotorvan is doing well in "place of the one-horse van."

That motors removed numerous confiscated wireless sets last week.

That some of the German tires in this country will go back home by road.

That erstwhile exporters of benzoic are sadly pushed 5-or storage. Doom.

That there were a great many drivers left behind at the Avonmouth depot.

Of special organization to ensuige the safety of big coastside storage of petrol.

That not every bus driver is a good man to put to work on any impressed wagon.

That Manchester wonders why the W.O. collared its motorbuses, just as it's got to like them.

That the " C.M." slogan is liked, and that the wheels of industry do turn the better for it.

That Mr. Guest, of Hollings and Guest, has just returned from a lit weeks' trip across Canada.

That steel works with electric furnaces stand the best chance of new motor-trade orders just new.

That electric-traction men think the poor old tram.7ar might have been spared that cartoon last week.

That not all those machines commandeered are to be used, on account of too little ground clearance and defective parts, etc.

That the risk of contingent impressment is in some cases being reduced by giving replacement orders for two-tanners instead of three-tonners.

That Mr. Fritz Poppe should by now be a naturalized Englishman, and that he is on the point of turning out _English rollicks near London.

That many light-ear and touring-car manufacturers are already going to have a shot at the commercialvehicle, and that their efforts in many cases will call for experienced guidance.

That amongst the few associations which have not "placed their services unreservedly at the disposal of the Government "is that of the British Beekeepers and the British Association for the Preservation of Ancient onuments.


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