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Safety lines firstl " 210 pumps and money talks."
That the " Phibbs " device tells the truth.
That the abolition of the exemption would be our ilidustry's redemption.
Of tha lady who mistook our sketch of the Sentinel differential for a jumper pattern.
• Of a taxi-driver who states that-a "tipping " gear would be a useful appendage to his cab. - That the king-pin of a tractor-lorry needs to be very secure on its throne, as it has to stand much stress.
That a novice thinks that the blower with a cowl' must-have powerful lungs to forceair .between iadiator tubes.
That the use of electric power in the docks for handling carcases will have a strong, if not a strikr ing, influence.
That the first. of the C.M.U.A. parades of the year, to be held in London on Saturday, has attracted a number of newcomers.
The hope expressed that the regular competitors will muster in Lincoln's Inn Fields in as strong force as ever so that the newcomers shall not have matter all their own way.
That trade depression is keeping a few of the old entrants away, however.
That a dressmaker is quite envious of the new device which enables a thread to be cut on the end of an axle sleeve without dismantling.
That the tone adopted by the sinall bus owners shows that they can compete in courtesy as well as business, and speaks well for their prospects.
Of strong complaints to the Home SecretarY eonceriiing the excessively heavy fines being imposed upon drivers in Bedfordshire for technical offences, That a price of .21 5s. 6d. for " obstruction " (stopping for a short time on the main road outside of the town of Dunstable at midnight) is unreasonable.
That the pictures given in this issue of the scenery on the " Route des Alpes " have created desires, in the breasts of several, to go over the " most wonderful coach route in Europe. '
That many a buyer of second-hand imported vehicles gets caught over the question of import duty incurred through using a vehicle for private hire passenger work—even when it is merely an odd iob. Of fears of a rubber shortage.
That handsome is as takes a taxi.
Doubts as to whether a speedway would make headway.
Of a travelling shop with a water-cooled engine and ereaffecooled customers.
That the best way to buck up one's subordinates is to administer a ginger cordial.
Some wag suggesting that the battle song of the Hauliers' Association should be, "Bar, bar black list."
The query, who first called the Ford " LizZie," and why ; and the suggestion that Sally might be a better name.
That passengers in the hooded motorbus would, in spite of the inclement weather, have comfort at their beck and call.
That a country bus proprietor, in publishing the time schedule for his winter service, announced that the "last Saturday bus" is suspended.
That his regular passengers thereupon. concluded that, as there was no last bus," there was to be no service at all.
That of the 3,000 questions put to the witnesses during the first eleven days of the taxation inquiry, 4,500 were put by Mr. Frank Pick and Mr. ShrapnellSmith.
That General Sit' Capel Holden has recently patented an improvement upon a system described in this journal a few weeks ago, for quickly adapting road vehicles to run on rails.
Birmingham Corporation would be well advised to run a trolley-bus system from its tram terminus at Selly Oak to the Lickeys instead of laying down a sleeper tramway track.