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From "The Brisbane Daily Mail” (issue of the 12th March) The Commercial Motor has once more
achieved a task of considerable magnitude in collating mformation concerning this great new industry
Great Britain is the centre of this development, and within the covers of this Annual notices of all the latest tnod21 9
may be found, as well as excellent special articles."
From Johannesburg (under date the 3rd March) A friend of mine wants motor ploughs. They will be used on virgin ground, free from stumps, etc , but tough to break. Four to six furrows, ploughing to a depth of 8 in. maximum, and preferably to harrow at the same time."
From Hyderabad (under date 25th March) :—"1 have perused your 1913 Overseas Annual and find it most valuable. The Wyles plough and cultivators will admirably suit the wants of farmers at this end I am desirous of placing an order at once.'
Of motorbus orders for China, That. a leaky generator speaks for itself.
Of " calceolarious " deposits in steam boilers. That people who save worry are worth money.
That a new and exciting profession is that of " camber surveyor."
That many companies are still looking for the best detachable rim.
That 20 mm. on tire sections makes a difference of 8000 miles of running.
That many cabmen turn up their noses at proposals for driving a motorvan.,.
That asparagus is now in season, hut that there is little need to placate the trams with it.
That there are shortly likely to be developments in the matter of standardizing felloe sizes.
That none of the subsidy models absolutely coincides with the W.O. specification for the type.
That those Hagley road trains in Birmingham are all but ready, and that there is much local anger.
That. certain new and luxurious motorbus models were turned down by Scotland Yard last Monday.
That Marstons have also taken up the manufacture of the Zimmerman honeycomb radiator under licence.
That there are a number of novel features about the designs of the two new Wolseley subsidy models.
That English-built motorbuses are being offered for sale at cheaper rates on the Continent than at home.
That Mr. T. E. Harrison hopes to have three of Waring's new aviation-type W.O. Leyland lorries at the parade.
Of a fine new German-built petrol-electric coach for the Khedive in the Birmingham shops of the Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Co.
That a steam-heating chamber at the new Dunlop depot. was described by a. technical ( ?) Pressman as a " boiler-coke-oven," and that later on he found that it wasn't even a steam-boiler.
That probably the only busy section of an electric railway to be worked on the single-line-and-staff system is the New-Cross end of the East London Railway, and that the present traffic is six trains an hour in each direction.
That " benzine" should have read " benzene " last. week.
That " One Hears " is alniwt worth the rest of the paper.
That there is a good market for agrimotors in
Jutland.
That the " W. and C." parcel service is outside any combine.
Of a shortage of first-class labour in body-building and coach shops.
That the Insurance Act has caused odd men of odd kinds to disappear.
That the L.C.C. charges some of its track repairs tohighway maintenance.
That there's room for small garages to serve London's taxicab owner-drivers.
That not every passenger train gets along as fast as. oneof the fish or milk variety_
That most people prefer to find comfort before their time comes to go underground.
That aeroplanes have. finally scotched any chances. there might. have been for crinolines to be revived, That. railway men think. nothing of 1000 yds, at. shunting accommodation, to every mile of distance.
That there will be both happy and wry faces, after. the Commercial Vehicle Show ballot of the 7th prox.
That. Australian imports of motor vehicles from air sources increased from £564,400 in 1911 to £1,801,4420 in 1912.
That Berlin means to copy the policy of the underground electric railways of London, and to purchase motorbuses.
That not every garage has enough hose-pipe or light, and that night-shift efficiency often suffers in consequence.
That Heinrich Bussing, D.Eng. hon-oriA mem, is now a Knight Grand Cross (first class) of the Order of Henry the Lion.
That London taxicab drivers, whilst highly dissatisfied, as usual, with the results they are getting, are strenuously opposed to any increase in the fares.
That the Australian Government has decided to. admit, duty free, all imports from the United Kingdom of self-starters and shock absorbers when imported on a complete motorcar or chassis.