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22nd May 1913, Page 3
22nd May 1913
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That not every sideslip is a case of bad turning.

That motorbuses often are only dry-shampooed at. night.

That when things are upset, it is all right if the direction is beneficial.

That very few parts in any transport industry are like wine when they age.

That fuel oil is not always crude oil, but that it may be any kind of a mixture.

That some drivers help on a Stepney wheel by run fling the deflated tire on to a brick.

That two G.P.O. drivers proudly displayed their Parade cards when in Birmingham last week.

That. whilst 275.000 motorcars were completed in the U.S.A. last year, they reckon on 230,000 this year.

That owners who have been storing Cape-cart hoods and canopy extensions in damp places are now sorry.

That there are other industrial-vehicle waltzes than Curzon's, to which latter a "One Hears" referred recently.

That a -Brayton-cycle engine was thought by one uninformed gentleman to have something to do with a donkey engine.

That Mr. Henry L. Doherty, of New York. is a banker by occupation, an engineer by profession, and an inventor by pastime.

That Margate's taxicabs are the most luxurious of their kind and are yet miles cheaper than the competing local horsed vehicles.

That whilst London streets do no harm to lifesaving fittings, certain rough roads Essexwards play havoc with the same attachments.

That motor ploughing for the cultivation of paddy fields in Siam is beginning to be adopted, displacing the old method of bullock-drawn ploughs.

That much interest has been created in Paris omnibus circles by the appearance on the streets of the French capital of a, De Dion-Bouton omnibus chassis with six wheels.

That many drivers who were not let enter either the Cart Horse Parade or the Motorvan Parade on WhitMonday consider that they have a genuine grievance against their employers.

From the American Department of Commerce.

"British motor manufacturers have led from the first in the construction of self-propelled vehicles for business purposes. At a time when France. Germany and America were almost solely concerned with the development of pleasure cars, British motor interests were making every effort to encourage the utility vehicle ; hence British manufacturers of steam and petrol wagons, vans and public-service vehicles have kept well in front.

Lancashire set the pace inure than 12 years ago. and invaluable service was gained upon her sett-paved highways." That it is legal to pass along the highway, but not to be on it.

That the Road Board had £2,481,543 invested at the end of April.

That Birmingham's Wolseley ambulance answered 1731 calls in 1912.

That the Car and General 1770-1896 coloured souvenir is worth writing for.

That Mr. S. F. Edge is proving an energetic new president of the S.M.M.T.

That Frank Searle left for a run round Europe, via the Crimea., last Tuesday.

That the latest form of technical instruction in America is that of tractioneering.

That when injury to trade comes in at the door, chivalry is apt to fly out at thebwinclow.

That new smart pair-horse public-service cabs are being tried in opposition to Berlin's taxicabs.

That people should cross roads through traffic like ducks, straight ahead, not hens with changing minds.

That it's a bad thing for a haulage contractor always to keep out all vehicles that can turn wheels.

That no more London motorbus drivers will let conductors take a turn at anything but the starting handle.

That the best time to get commercial-motor business from people is when they are in a mess for the want of transport.

That Mr. W. Worby Beaumont has offered the A.C. a prize for the best practically-useful turbine oil or spirit engine.

That there are some very interesting rubber-cultivation films on show at picture palaces all over the country just now.

That scores of owners think that. the subscription to the C.M.U.A. is one guinea per vehicle per annum, instead of per member.

That American manufacturers arc more generally u. sing coal gas for engine-testing purposes, owing to increased charges for petrol.

That Mr. A. E. Meaden is leaving J. and E. Hall, Ltd., to take charge of the new commercial-vehicle sales department of the Wolseley Co.

That a motorbus running between Earls Barton and Northampton does its return journey with a load of hides on top, and that the windows are kept closed.

That Para rubber is up because it must be used exclusively in certain cases where long life under exposed conditions is necessary as well as continued resiliency. * * That the explosives expert at the Home Office is kept busy opening tins of rotten tomatoes, of false hair and walnuts, 'bananas and iron filings and similar deadly engines of destruction, but that occasionally he comes across the real thing.


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