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That it's "tails up" for pneumatic tyres.
That very few people know how Scotland Yard came by its name.
That advance bookings by road for Xmas Eve are made by wise travellers.
That according to commercial-vehicle makers the outlook is not so bad after all.
Blessings showered upon good fog lamps—and shocking remarks about bad ones, Of some who regret the approaching end of the stage of unregulated competition on the road.
That our issue for last week has caused many to give greater thought to the possibilities of the export market.
That one need not be hypocritical when being a Hippo critic, because criticisms of it are deservedly favourable. o_ That countrymen visiting London are the first to grouse when horsed traffic in the city holds up their buses.
Of many who think that the prices of spares are not always as reasonable as they might well be.
That some people have the idea that what certain makers lose on the chassis they gain on the replacement parts.
That the makers say that there is not so much in the parts business now because modern chassis are so reliable that few individual parts wear out during the normal life of a vehicle.
That the effective repairs to aluminium parts which can be carried out by the aid of Selfweld rods have surprised many maintenance engineers. That London's local steam trains must go. Gratifying remarks about our specification tables More about the light alloys in goods-vehicle bodywork.
Of the Shire and the Clydesdale cursing the Colt and the Cob.
Of no reason why petrol prices should not drop another penny.
That next year more will be heard of the observation coach.
• That military six-wheelers are expected to achieve the impossible—and do it.
Of determined efforts to affiliate associations of passenger-vehicle operators.
That the Brush-bodied Daimlers should help to sweep away Newcastle's trams.
Of considerable opposition to the Government's idea of a London passenger-traffic board.
That the Beardmore factory is said to be the largest in Europe devoted solely to taxicab produc tion. 0 Expressions of surprise as to how it is that The Commercial Motor is able to give so much more valuable information. .
That one of the greatest blows road transport has given to railways has been to reveal the restrictions and shortcomings of the latter form of trans port. 0 That, when a main road is closed to all but a single line of traffic, wise drivers consider it to be closed altogether if any alternative route be available.