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23rd April 1914, Page 3
23rd April 1914
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That "With profits" motorcar insurance will catch That Mr. A. L. C. Fell has collected a few more letters, i.e., ALLO.E.

That there are 200 natural gas plants in the U.S.A. which produce petrol.

That it is time the Great Cential Railway Co. hought itself a new fail lamp.

That there is a lot of undeveloped bus traffic out in the Winchmore Hill district.

That old steam and horse-drawn fire-engines are on offer by the London Fire Brigade.

That the Knight engine patent, which was applied for in 1006, has just been issued by the U.S.A. patent office.

That a certain paraffin-cngined lorry so soaked its coachwork with paraffin, that it could not be repainted.

That Bloemfontein is to have an opportunity of saying what it thinks about trolleybuses through practical experience.

That the L.C.C. Easter-week increase in passengers was meagre compared with that which accrued to the L. G. O. C.

That nearly 118,000,000 gallons of petrol were exported from U.S.A. in 1913, and that Canada bought 38,000,000 of them.

From Mr. C. J. Cater-Scott that a Scotsman is elle who keeps. the Sabbath and everything else he can lay his hands upon.

That one of the ranks at the Whit Monday Parade will be three-quarters of a mile long and will contain flea rly 300 machines.

That pyrometers were displayed and discussed at a meeting of the Faraday Society last night, and that the " C.M." was there.

Of references to the B-type, at the L.G.O.C. dinner, as a transatlantic liner, and that this may have something to do with the road waves.

That, owing to a mistake in an American advertisement, the Ford Co. recently received several orders accompanied by cheques for 50 dollars for their ears.

That it is time the Electric Vehicle. Corn inittee began to obtain, from America or elsewhere, certified "all in " working costs per mile run for battery vehicles.

That Lt.-Colonel J. S. Matthew, managing director of Argylls, Ltd., is naturally gratified to see the Argyll four-wheel-brake system adopted by a leading French maker. That concrete roads do not like steel tires. That most rural districts like motorbuses now. Of a petrol lorry which fired its load by backfiring. That the electrical Press is very angry with the 44 C.M.12 That the public buys whatever publicity educates it to buy.

That it. was a good plan of the Daimler Co. to send a Mr. Porte to the Porte.

Of degrees of heat, concerning superheat, in Leis ton, London, and elsewhere.

That the burden of introductory selling gets heaviei for the newcomer each year.

That a garage superintendent does not operate in the modern sense of the word. —.

That the central-station man looks upon a batteryvehicle buyer as an "off peak" asset.

That if a sale is to be made, there must often be resolicitation to produce conviction—and the order.

That more and more London street paving is being done out of revenue, and not with the proceeds of loans.

From Ipswich, that " The East Anglian Daily Times" has ordered a litipmobile chassis for anibulance purposes.

That some people forget that it was due to the " C.M." that battery vehicles were given a class in C.M.U.A. Parades.

That the turnover of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., for the year 1913. apart from any interclearing totals, amounted to 2169,748,152.

That motor transport is helping to keep in check the 10,000,000 rats and 100,000,000 mice which are estimated to be at large in Great Britain.

That Mn. S. E. Alley's latest ear is a Wolseley ca,brio-phaeton, but that his allegiance to steam " Sentinels " on the business side will remain unimpaired.

That the Cleveland Electric Light and Supply Co. bought 18 "gasoline trucks" in preference to battery vehicles, despite the fact that the " juice " would have cost it. nothing.

That the Treasury has been making inquiries about the likely amount of taxation per annum that each ton of registered axle-weight can be expected to bear, and that it has both heavy petrol vehicles and steamers down for attention hereunder, qua road maintenance.


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