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23rd March 1926, Page 3
23rd March 1926
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That horses increase one's petrol consumption.

Of quite a " fund " of rumour as to the Budget.

And that all " roads " will lead to Parliament when Winston Churchill makes his speech thereon.

Some funny ideas about the London bus restrictions.

That neglecting operating costs is many a haulier's howler.

That it always pays to keep clear of the vehicle ahead.

America moralizing on business conduct—for other nations.

That crowded roads keep repairers busy—also insurance companies.

That it has been a long wait for measures dealing with short weight.

That corporations seem to be taking as a motto "Tram or tramp."

That the electrical development scheme should boost the battery vehicle.

Of many bus owners converting their vehicles to run on pneumatic tyres. ".

That, in many instances, municipal authorities are following suit.

That some of the dailies have just " found " the 30 m.p.h. track vehicle. .

That there should he a good market for surfeit tramcars as summer-houses.

That drivers will soon need traffic guides in London at the various stunt points.

That the absence of starters on taxis has more to do with cash than conservatism".

Many unprintable comments about two-seater cabs but not from potential users.

That the no-standing "order does not mean that a passenger may not stand to stretch his legs.

That an engine designer has first to scheme the auxiliary drives and then to fit an engine to them.

That the increase in the price of petrol suggests that the Americans have been." rubb(er)ed " the wrong way:

• • And that what is one country's rubber is another comatats petrol.

That an engine with efficient turbulence will run about five times as long without decarbonizing as a nonturbulent one.

That Wallis's, of Holborn, are displaying old fashions in dress, but that they are quite.up to date With their mechanical transport. Of scrapping concerning scrapping.

No rumour yet of aeroplanes with trailers.

That road spaciousness does not necessarily make for safety.

That a new lubricating oil from Italy is attracting attention.

That the hotel Of the future will call for the holidaymaker at his own door.

That the London taxi-cabby may be conservative, but he likes his tips to be liberal.

Of busy times in preparing motor coaches for the opening of the season at Easter.

That Sir Eric Geddes thinks the rubber industry in England is showing an improvement.

The question : "Will the next 21 years carry us so far forward on the road as the last?"

That a Garner 2-2i4onner recently covered 690 miles in five days—and in Devon and Cornwall, too.

That we are accustomed to curtained windows, but the Timbuktu Renault has windowed curtains.

That the L.G.O.C. have a fine series of lantern slides depicting the history of the omnibus since 1829.

The remark that machinery ousted the windmill, yet nobody thought of suppressing machinery by law.

Of local authorities which-are enforcing the use of pneumatics on vehicles run by private companies.

That the triumph of the tramways cannot, by any stretch of imagination, be called the survival of the fittest.

That Clayton Wagons, Ltd., have, quite become frontwheel-brake specialists and are developing this branc'a of the business.

But doubts, the view expressed that the bus with an uncovered upper deck will be as scarce in a few years as the hansom cab.

Moses and Rey complaining that last week's "Here's One" would have been worth money as a private tip if the G.M. hadn't broadcast it.

That a Chinese merchant in Hawaii, Mr. Lun Ching Ngow, after an annoying accident some time back, installed a bright red board on both sides of his Reo speed wagon to keep the devils away, and, needless to say, has had no trouble since!


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