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Of steering locks and shearing keys.
Of poor returns from " return loads."
That "one man bus" is surely a misnomer.
Of Lizzie Lorry—no relation to Annie Laurie. 1 That the Ford, though a butt of humour, is. no joke.
That road-tarring is an excellent example of doing evil that good may come Of Auld Reekie's determination to provide a motoring Sunday for Sandy.
That getting a drawback of import duty is merely matter of form—s and patience.
That, after stretching out a hand to steal roads, the railway has to stick to steel rails.
That the coach owners are conferring on the question of adopting rear view mirrors generally.
That The Commercial Motor has advocated' the use of rear view mirrors for many years.
That the P.O.'s minimum-parcel rate oI9i is caus ing many people to send small,packages by rail. . .
That the electric vehicle has proved so satisfactory for certain classes of work that it deserves a boost.
That municipal and county. engineers are flocking to Cardiff this week for their annual conference.
That the ban of the S.M.M. and T. sits heavily on the trials and demonstrations of municipal vehicle's • at the Cardiff Conference.
That petrol vehicle makers must begin to look to their laurels, with this strong wave of steam wagon improvements pounding upon their fortifications.
That the October Show, kiPed by the Commercial Vehicle Committee of the S.M.M. and T., would have seen extraordinary advances in steam, wagon design: That at the final day's hearing the Select Committee of the House of Commons were trying to save the railways Bill in face of the opposition of its promoters'?
. That .road transport people have been altogether too apathetic over the railways Bill and have not realized the immensity of the peril they have been in.
That the Whitsuntide traffic control on the Preston-Blackpool -road was wonderfully successful and that traffic authorities from Jar afield came to watch it.
That if aerial advertising is to beceme popular, pitches will have to be staked out, and that property owners must make haste to assert their rights upwards—on the score of ancient lights, perhaps.
That the.new Trojan is wonderful evidence of what can be done with very careful springing and resilient solids, and that it is difficult to tell the difference between Trojan suspension and pneumatics. Of the elastic motor vehicle.
Of cutting remarks from coach owners.
That it is a little late in the year to discuss springs.
That many builders prefer drop-sided lorries to tipping wagons.
That Whitsuntide • railway traffic was very much below what was expected.
' That one special excursion train from Merthyr to Blackpool arrived with only 43 passengers aboard.
That the season for Parades and Fire Brigade Demonstrations has now set in with a will.
That the Daily Mail drought need not frighten anyone from ordering a new -steam wagon.
Of a railway superintendent of the line who conternp]ates taking his car with him on a truck hitched to his sPecial.
That the collapse of the railway group's Bill, granting the companies monopolistic powers, is the tall of Humpty-D umpty.
. That all the King's Counsel will not be able to put Humpty-Dumpty over the railway fence on to the King's high road.
That questions are being asked whether in the absence of a Show this year, the S.M.M. and T. Bond is operative.
That the steam -wagon manufacturers dislike being held back by the diffidence of the petrol vehicle makers.
That, so far, British commercial vehicle make have led the whole world, but that if the petrol people have their way, and show nothing new until October, 1923, that lead will be wrested from them.
That the success of Southdown Motors' route 21 (Haywards Heath-Brightonvia Lewes) has justified the running of a Sunday service as well as extra buses on week days. .
That the boom in electries in America has died away and that current .reports therefrom are to the effect that petrol wagons are fast replacing thousands of battery. wagons.