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"Right 'wheel " Sit left—get left.
The rail of the rail.
How many axles has your lorry ?
Of Kent.—All hop-poles and pot-holes.
That the driver's number's up when his van number is 0
That there's a big market for the right tractor in the Colonies.
That what The Commercial Motor says to-day
That the motor coach trade need, not suffer from the excursion incursion.
That just now buoyancy of spirit depends more on the barometer than specific gravity.
That it is more feasible to reduce dead mileage in the case, of road motor transport than in the case of rail wagons or water craft. .
That there are only three or four vacant spaces in the commercial vehicle show, and that they are not likely to go begging for long.
That at last a Serious effort to provide London once again with an all-night motorbus service has been made.
That an adequate all-night service over a ten-mile route can be afforded by a single bus.
That one of the finest tonics is a few hours' spent with Mr. Tom Thornycroft among his fast seagoing craft.
, Reports of ringing of spurs and gnashing of teeth in gearboxes and hind-axles because of the suspension of road-spring " shackles."
• That the Disposals Board would et even better prices if they used a little soap a water and arranged for some of the not overworked military staff guarding dumps to be put to work to put some at least of the machines together—instead of offering them to the public as heaps of discarded ironmongery.
That it doesn't do too_cut a dash.
Of a resuscitation of the lifeguard inventor.
Much ado that matters, but little that's really done.
That Sir Eric's rule is not to be an absolute monarchy. . 0 That the mark of' the Ford is difference without distinction. 0 That if otTa market ie good enough the steering should be limier, That Life has two speeds and a reverse—Birth, Marriage, and Death.
That the revolutionary • spirit is spreading—even sugar is getting out of control.
That if you would gain real knowledge, you must on some occasione.,wear a boiler-suit.
With approval, of the suppression of the waitingmotor nuisance in narrow Piccadilly.
That it. is good to have one's order boAs filled full, but better to have fulfilled one's orders.
That the day of buffers is not far off, though some old buffers may not think them necessary.
That char-k-bancs owners, by their " party " policy, have successfully .democratized motoring.
That of all modes of transport the motor coach suffers least from dead mileage or empty running.
That there-is no need to wonder that the country is short. of oil when there is so much. " fat in the fire."
The hope that the peace treaty signed at Rvres factory won't be as brittle as the rest of the products of those works.
That Major R. E. Goddard, the Overseas Commissioner of the motor industry, has returned, after visiting India, the East, and the Antipodes.
• That our divided Government must cease.muitiplying non-productive Departments ; untrammelled ' transport and private eenterprise form a good enough keystone for British activities.