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Very little from Ireland.
And hopes, and hopes and hears.
Of schedules being passed round.
That all mileages are not mounting.
That bodies will tell in efforts to sell.
That what's wanted is the united front.
That there's at. least a show of relief about.
Pre-election groans about shortages of greats.
That there'll be plenty of custom at the Show.
That it's less hard to be up with the lark now. That the Guy cap is becoming a weighty -structure.
That a commercial motor needs be and not seem.
Of many shoulders to the Olympia Show wheels.
Of the franc (French) at 100 within three months.
That standard rates may yet accompany standard ;ages.
That there are to be more hot-spots in some engines.
That thinable-tube boilers premise a private revival.
That the railways have lots more futile propaganda in stock.
That there cannot be a petrol tax, and that we shall be told why not, That the call for the sidecar taxi in our towns seems to be a forte one.
That there's more good fish in the ports than can ever come out of them.
That it is all owing to transport deficiency.
That " jacket oil " for petrol engines may one day take the place of water.
That Curries, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, carry out most of the Royal removals.
That the euehion tyre is pressing for pneumatic classification via speed limits.
That there are none so blind as these who see rosy prospects in tramway enterprises.
The pessimist wondering if the Show will bring fog, snow, or only rain this year.
That the public and the trader will continue to fight the battle of the road motor.
That the shifting sands of Persia. rather spoil the field for mechanical transport there.
That the Institute of Transport will hold its 1924 Congress at Bristol on May 29th-31st. That Lord Rothermere's Anti-Waste League was permanently laid up a few months ago.
That the incorrigible LC.C. contemplates extending its tramways in the Waterloo district.
That it is amazing how artists still find original ways of 'introducing Olympia into Show posters, That More election posters than ever before will be conveyed and displayed on commercial -motors.
That Mr. Charles McWhirter's strength as President of the A.A. does not lie in his gifts as an orator.
That a chart will be needed after the elections to keep.. track of the Ministerial posts held by Jicks.
That the railway groups intend to protect their old names by registrations under the Companies Acts.
That Mr. H. G. Burford is a believer in the possibility of enforcing minimum rates for haulage by road.
That the conviction of a drunken motorbus driver in London emphasizes the extreme rarity of such an occurrence. .
That, given the r.p.m., the 12 la.p. petrol engine of to-day often does as much as the 20 h.p. engine of ten years ago.
Of a live motoring journalist who, has done without being done 33 Show luncheons,dinners and suppers since November 1st.
That the finished chassis remains the foundation of the bodybuilder, and the finished vehicle the raw material of the transport industry.
That the Anglo and the Shell have made it up, and , that if the Shell now swallows the Persjan kitten the result will be. germinative.
That the Great North Road topped the list for heavy vehicles in a recent traffic census, with the Londoii-Brighton road second, but 247 behind.
That the. S.M.M. and T. Olympia luncheon on Thursday next stands a better chance of being well reported on Friday than the C.C.A. dinner the same night.
That— If motor drivers all had brain Like H.A.B. of Rother'am Whose tip so often our tiv gains— Then breakdowns wouldri t bother 'em.