One Hears— Of more chain-drive gearboxes.
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Rueful tales from chastened taxi-drivers.
More about the taxi's face than of its clockwork.
That " The Overseas Annual" will again be effective.
Chains of adjustment and no-adjustment contentions.
That some queer people, forgetful of the present, seem to prefer wool-gathering in the past.
That the works cost of a certain make of van until recently was 18a per cent, of the sale price.
That the Town Clerk of Weymouth is a most-careful person in the interests of the local ratepayers.
That the original memorandum of association of the L.G.O.C. only empowered running up to 15 miles from the G.P.O.
That the Nottingham fire brigade turns out with unprecedented smartness since the arrival of its Dennis engine.
That the newest commercial motor on test has hydraulic transmission, and that the pumps are placed within the wheels.
That wise buyers of L.G.O.C. discarded chassis are instructing this journal's Inspection and Trial Department to vet. the machines for them.
That one Lancashire motor contractor made an extra 2400 profit over the strike in August last, and that he has gone on looking forward since.
That manufacburers will sonic day cease having photographs of new vehicles taken before delivery at the same dear old uninteresting spots, and will work a little life into the pictures for a change.
That the big white diamond painted on the wall by each dangerous approach to the skew-bridge over the G.W.lty. between Basildon and Pangbourne has already saved more than one smash, and that. the lead of the Berks. A.C. will be copied.
That the Executive Committee of the County Conneils Association yesterday (Wednesday) had before it the draft Bridges Bill of the C.M.U.A. and S.M.M.T. Joint Committee, and that. it was referred to the C.C.A. Highways Committee.
That the Commonwealth of Australia is likely to embark upon a comprehensive scheme of road making in many of the huge areas which are not penetrated by railways, and which are never likely to be so penetrated, and that big railwaymen are amongst the cordial backers of the proposals.
That Mr. Horace Bell—if one may judge by the painted board which he leaves up on the railway side of the Gamage-Bell premises for the information of all and sundry--either does not know the difference between a site and finished buildings, or has not had the time to bother about it. A lot of rot about tarred roads in winter. That C.M.U.A. membership keeps on growing.
That Crompton's of Chelmsford have a new petrolelectric vehicle ready.
That tire-makers are following road-improvement moves with fraternal interest.
That. £15 worth of business for a new brake lining has been called a huge contract.
Not enough from local and special correspondents, for whom there is plenty of scope.
That the speciality of the Arid l and General Repairs Co. is still the regrinding of worn cylinders.
That London motorbus conductors have neither the time nor the peace to punch tickets exactly opposite. the correct stage.
That Thornycrofts are so busy turning out vehicles that they have for the time being suspended any production of tractors.
That the de Fornier non-skid people, like so many other traders, have realized the value of short notices in the users' journal.
That the L.C.C. is in reality more apprehensiveconcerning the gloomy tramway outlook than anybody. at Spring Gardens will admit.
That the War Office will not subsidize any make of van for which owners to the extent of 30 or 40 sister vehicles cannot be discovered.
That caravan owners and showmen are beginning to fit their vans with some of the better-known electric-lighting sets as used in motor vehicles.
That the first escalator for the encouragement of passengers upon an electric railway in this country was laid down at the Seaforth terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway many years ago.
That the Road Board has been investing a spare million or so in securities, but that the better and specific investment of this money in improved highways will hurry out the cash in due course.
That many new owners are applying for entry forms in respect of next year's C.M.U.A. Parade, and that others should not overlook the fact that entries (without penalty) will close on the 1st January.
That the poster "The Miracle, Olympia," which is now covering the hoardings everywhere, does not refer to the fact that on the last Saturday the attendants may be able to get one more through the turnstiles at 7 p.m.
That with Mr. Yorath Lewis's continuous system of transportation, in which side-supported railcars are driven by a centrally-located, continuously-rotated worm shaft, the slowing down at the stations is secured by closing up the pitch of the worm, whilst the pitch is opened out for acceleration and interstation running.