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Queer accounts of hire-system transactions.
Of slackness in drafting agreements and making inquiries.
Of one vehicle being disposed of fifteen times.
Of forthcoming law cases in connection with hire systems.
That servo-type brakes prove of little use when reversing.
. That, roads must be made lit_ for the traffic they have to bear.
That the Vulcan bus is regarded as a candidate for hill-climbing honours.
That sausage aerials should. prove very satisfactory on vans used by butchers.
Of new design of roa,dless vehicles, but that, for the .present, these are sub judice.
Of one route for the 14-seater, another for the 20seater, and yet another for the 32-seater., That bus competition has been responsible for certain amount of liveliness in the Courts.
Repeated everywhere Pam.les horse-racing joke : "I don't believe there are any winners."
From some lorry manufacturers : "I don't believe there are any orders," and the similarity strikes us.
That the C.M.U.A. have taken up the dissemination of information concerning coach parking places.
That the weather experienced during the past few weeks has rendered more urgent than ever the need for efficient all-weather equipment on Coachelo That the N.E. division of the .C.11.U.A. issues to coach passengers a 'pamphlet upon the operation of motor coaches and the .difficulties under Which coachowners labour.
That 75 new A.A. and M.U. road service outfits have been ordered for. immediate' delivery, and that they will be manned bypatrols ready to assist in overcoming any roadside trouble.
That the Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., have started the following new routes : —Brighton and Eastbourne via Hailsham, Brighton and Uckfield, Haywards Heath and Uckfield, Eastbourne and Heath fiel cl.
Some slogan brain-waves by a brain-wavering correspondent :— Bust all on a. Bristol.
Double your dibs with a Dennis.
You've got to get going on a, Guy. A Ford for a farthing—a good turn for you. No thorns in a Thornycroft ownership.All ,bon is the Albion. That service is as service does.
Of £300 spent on the lettering of a van.
Of big demands for "this road is closed" signs.
That London buses should be allowed to take cover.
Of very little excitement over the Road Congress at Seville.
That, in fact, very few Britishers were there.
That it is good to "get all you pay for," also to pay for all you get.
That the City of Stockholm is taking a dozen fine buses built by Vulcan& That the forthcoming Municipal Vehicle Number is arousing much interest.
That Dennis Bras. have produced a 6-tonner to haul an extra ,4 tons on a trailer.
a An interesting account of the visit of Mr. Fredk. K. Haynes, of Dodge Brothers van fame.
That taking a three-ton load into Lyndhurst in the New Forest is going to entail circuitousness.
Of the Austin Twenty and the Guy 15 cwt. as meeting the need for a. British van with a big engine.
That the Eltham by-pass was thrown open last Thursday, and will be a boon to through traffic.
Of an interesting controversy between the exponents of the trailer and those of the tractor-lorry.
That the 14-seater will soon be booming if the Minister of Transport is inclined to be generous in road closing orders.
That two tons of motor coach passengers wear out the roads, but three -tons of merchandise going to or from premises on the same roads do not wear them out.