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Of the horse in the ascendant at Olympia --at the Horse Show.
That the Stock Exchange is disinclined to take the Premier seriously.
That the brothers Spurrier undoubtedly have good luck, but that they deserve it.
That the four parade cups are to be presented to the winners at or after a C.M.TJ.A. luncheon.
That general reductions in tire prices are following the successive falls in the price of rubber.
That it is time the curve of motorbus accidents in London began to flatten, and that it will soon both do this and droop.
That the greatest interest has already been evinced in this journal's special article about oil tractors—announced for next week.
That the total cost of the Coronation Parade came out at 2760, and that the R.A.C.'s splendid contribution was 47 per cent. of that SOM.
That the C.3i.U.A. lamp-post plates bearing the words "Drive near left kerb" are ready, and that they will be in position before the Coronation.
That taxi-drivers who carry their spare wheels on the canopies do not miss these receiver-sought articles so often as do the drivers who still use cradles.
ihat, in spite of recent denials, Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd., and Pickford's, Ltd., are on the point of being amalgamated, and that Bean's Express and Sutton's will join the combination.
That the L.G.O.C. will embark upon a real and live advertising campaign in the fall of the year, and that its large-size posters of the Mitchell map will eclipse Mr. Horatio Bottomley's best effort in the Strand.
That Bond Street was precious nearly deprived of its motorbuses last Friday night, but that the due insertion of some 500 screws in particular spots not unconnected with the tires satisfied the eagle-eyed men from Scotland Yard.
That our Editor, as a member of the R.A.C. Committee, was one of the hosts of the Dominion and Overseas Parliamentary Delegates, in Pall Mall, on Sunday evening last, and that he was told quite a lot about intended inspections at Norwich by some of the State's guests who are readers of this journal. Thal Aft.. Fritz Poppe has been elected a member of the That Merryweather's did not like the Edinburgh postponement one little bit.
That London motorbus and motorcab companies are working at maximum pressure.
That numerous county asylum committees are likely to purchase motor vehicles in the near future That mole commercial motors are being used for direct strawberry cartage than in arty previous season.
That golf-clubs faced with Ferodo drive 25 yds. farther than any others and, name it with bated breath, stop slicing.
That there will be a gathering of heavy-brigade men as usual, at Norwich, but that petrol influences are spreading amongst them.
That telephone sets alongside cab-ranks deserve to be multiplied, if for no other reason, because they get rid of the whistling nuisance.
That Westminster City Council really wants another 30 motors, but that. a spiteful opposition has just managed to veto an order for four.
That. the problem for many visitors from the Dominions overseas is, how to contrive to squeeze 21 hours' work into an abnormal day of 16 to 17 hours.
That Mr. Richard Whittington, the genial chiaf of Maple's transport department, is to be laid up for three months for a serious operation, and that his many friends wish him a speedy recovery.
That, the Road Board is disbursing money much more slowly than it is coming in, and that nobody seems keen to get a hustle on—least of all Rees Jeffreys, which is a great change from his old form.
That Mr. Winston Churchill " spotted " the "World's Taxicab Tariffs" in TfiE COMMERCIAL MOTOR last week, and that he pointed it, out to Sir Archibald Williamson, Bart., but that there is no. likelihood of Bakou rates for London.
That Mr. Arnold Hills, the managing director or the Tnantes Ironworks Co., although still almost entirely unable to help himself, is considerably better in health, and that he :received visitors in the company's pavilion at the Crystal Palace last Thursday..