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That Scarborough will have its new fire-engine in a few weeks.
That Sheffield people are warming up to motorbus possibilities.
That there are a few good bridges and roads in Spain to-day.
That drawing two straight lines on a map does not make a road.
Of house-to-house coal delivery by motor lorry in and around Bromley.
That one can now motorbus it from Peckham Rye to Charing Cross for 20.
That Westminster Bridge will be rebuilt before trailer and coupled tramcars use it.
That a good horse and reliable driver cannot be hired as a rule at less than los. aLi, per day.
Of all-night motorbus services in Montreal at higher fares than by day, and that London might try.
That numerous country owners whose trade is seasonal are taking on motor contracting at other times of the year.
That Ferodo insets give the driver's feet a better grip on the faces of clutch and brake pedals, and that They also reduce boot wear.
That the current financial year is proving the make or break period for several contractors who are in course of changing from horse to motor stock.
That the hills and dales of Wales have materially helped forward the vogue of the commercial motor, both in the North and South of the Princinality.
That most engineers in old-established shops positively shudder at the mere idea of a Press visit, but that they quickly recover their spirits when it's a C.M." man who calls.
That the L.C.C. tramcar officials are not only disregarding their time-tables, but also various of the speed limits fixed by the Board of Trade, under pressure of motorbus competition.
That ratepayers in cities and towns with municipal tramways are at last realizing their unhappy lot in having to endure a form of locomotion which will shortly be hopelessly out of date.
That. one reason why most traumar accidents damage the front of the cars is because a high percentage of them is due to gross running into the ieicks of other vehicles, instead of pulling up.
That some of the Landon cab companies are contemplating selling their cabs to drivers for a small deposit, to be followed by weekly instalments, and that they hope to make a profit out of the maintenance.
That Berlin has five female cabdrivers, and that, awing to their headgear and upper outer garments being analogous to those prescribed for the male drivers, it is quite possible to hire a woman-driven eat) without having any idea of the driver's sex. That Kent will shortly want a second index mark.
That old machines should not be put into new businesses.
That a pessimist is a man who has associated with optimists.
That to argue from one ton-mile to another toramile is often very stupid.
That those who live in the Soke of Peterborough are properly acclimatized.
That Bradford manufacturers like the new rates, but that they are a bit nervous as to how long they will last.
That the Yankee method is to do the machining well so that there's no need to do the fitting equally carefully.
That many taxi-drivers are looking for employment as drivers of motorvans, and that many of them would make poor ones.
That in many parts of the world Cardiff briquettes are over <25 a ton, and that it's there that petrol or paraffin has a say.
That the average daily takings of the cabs of one large London company are now down to a little less than lis, per day.
That the General Motor Car Co., Ltd.'as let part of its premises at Brixton to the G.P.O..0 as stores for telephone fittings.
That the majority of police court summonses now applied for against cabbies relate to "failing to produce " and " having no L.C.C. licence."
That the average and maximum speeds of some vehicles between Blackpool and Preston is never mentioned, but that it is pretty healthy.
That they're quite proud of Market Hill in Peterborough, as it has a gra.dient of one in a thousand or so, and that that's rite ailot for4the district.
That the latest interior fitting for an up-to-date char-h-bancs—a card-table which may be converted into an extra seat—is becoming more common.
Of salesmen looking for new wheezes, and of a returning interest in advertisement copy by those who apparently believe in the motto "Sans changer."
That Dodson's are doing more motor business every month, and that that may be the reason why they decided to alter the address from Horseferry Road.
That co-operation between Lancashire owners has been of great service to their customers, largely by reason of the better distribution for the district of the services available.
That in Aleppo the authorities objected to local contractors taking water for steam rollers from the river, but that in the end they consented to the boilers being filled once and for all.
That it is difficult to follow L.C.C. procedure when its employees are locating defects in the "permanent" way, for the only instruments used are a permanent official, a piece of chalk, and a 2 ft. rule.