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" Ring out the toils!' .
Of Orton's Derby winner.
Also of the ." 1923 Outlook" still quoted as a winning number.
Of rum as a rival to petrol.
And that we have known for some time that some two-wheeled chassis, run very well on this fuel.
Of _oil prices and Price's oils.
Of wheel-base and cylinder-bead.
That. Labour is as Labour does.
Of clearing-houses and closing times.
Of standing charges and running costs.
Of the Commer Car as a common carrier.
That the rule of the road is not a foot-rule.
Of dumped derelicts and alliterative d— s.
• That " spit and polish" pays on motor coaches. —0 Of more rubber road experiments by municipalities.
" to sky-blue and cream, and may there be no watered stock ! "
That " R.T.N.'s " retnarks on stopping bolt holes make us think of ferre,ting.
That the question of upkeep is the qnestion of downkeep of unnecessary expenses.
That what the engine said to the carburetter and the magneto was, " You gave me such a start! "
Thatit is desirable that we should oversee the • building trade as well as build the overseas trade.
That there is something in the motor industry that • appeals to people of the name of Frost. Absit omen!
That, as a matter of fact, the Frosts manage to keep the pot a bilin' with the best of them.
Tradesmen asking if the McLeroth tubes can be supplied for " lights " and bicycles as well as " heavies."
" The Inspector " talking of the deplorable, depressing and disastrous dumping of doctored, but dangerously depreciated, derelicts.
That, in the circumstances, D's might pardonably be produced to infinity. How not to treat the driver: Sing high, sing low, at the I.A.E.
That the A.E.C. programme has aroused much interest.
That we cannot expect many changes in vehicles built to last.
That petrol and steam work amicably together in double harness.
And that what petrol gains on the swings, steam gains on the roundabouts.
That the flexible joint has nothing to do with Sunday's dinner.
That the L.G.O.C. staff can organize a dinner as well as they can a bus service.
And -that in pursuance of a desire to work to schedule-' Mr. Blain set out to reduce the headway that Sir Sam Fay and Lord Ashfield bad extended:
That a periscope for top-deck survey would greatly appeal to the London bus conductor.
That in all kinds of business " please as you go " is a better motto than " go-as-you-please."
That the scope of the battery eIeittric will certainly increase with the development of faster vehicles.
People asking if the spiky objects in Henley's village scene represent spires, trees, spouting oil wells, or only geysers.
That, anyway, it is a pretty spot for only 12 miles from London.
That a French taxicab is to be placed in the French Army Museum and that many of our London cabs -would be better in a depository for antiques.
Of interesting tests with pneumatic-tyred battery electric vehicles, and that these tyres greatly reduce the current consumption, particularly over bad roads.
Of a. proposal for increased taxi fares in London for places outside the four-mile limit—an unsatisfactory answer to those . who believe that fares can be reduced.