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It was a coincidence that I should be in Glasgow at the start of the Scottish Trials for pleasure cars, and 1 naturally saw something of the intending participants, and among the free lances who were going to accompany the trials was Mr. T. C. Pullinger, of the new Arrol-Johnston Car Co., Ltd. Pullinger earned the gratitude of many by bringing out an ArrolJohnston bus on the Sunday, and driving down a party to Tarbet on Loch Lomond. I saw Mr. A. E. Bennett, of the Bosch Magneto Co., Ltd., there; in fact, I suspect that he took what is called in Glasgow the " Sabbath Breaker" down to Rothsay and the Kyles of Bute. Mr. A. E. Newton, of the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., arrived late on Sunday night, and, although tired and hungry, be cheerfully undertook to convey one of the " Kyles of Bute " party some distance to the only chemist open That, however, is the sort of man Newton is. Mr. E. Lisle, of the Star Vans (Wolverhampton), was in evidence, and of course heaps of people in the purely pleasure-vehicle side. Scotland Invader,.
I saw Mr. Geo. H. Halley, of Halley's Industrial Motors, Ltd., off by train to England.
" Off to That has an odd England," sound to the Englishman: we think of going to Scotland as we should think of going to Cornwall or Lancashire, but, once over the border, one sees notices of excursions or trips " to England." It started odd reflections, and Rudyard Kipling's wonderful lines came home in full force : "What do they know of England, who only England know P" Later, on my way back, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, I happened by good luck into the very Shrewsbury luncheon car where and Challiner's sat Mr. Charles Extending. Challiner, of the Shrewsbury a n d Challiner Tyre Co., Ltd., and it was good to hear him confirm the improved outlook for the heavy side of the industry, and to note that they were rebuilding their Manchester premises and altogether extending.
A look round the huge ground of the Royal Show at Gloucester on the eve of going to press
Royal Shaw revealed the fact Preparations. t hat preparations
were wonderfully well advanced, the large majority of stands being quite ready for business. Late in the afternoon, I found Mr. Tonks, of Aveling and Porter, and he told me of large orders recently received both for steam wagons and tractors, and for home and foreign trade. They would have preferred not to exhibit at Gloucester, but naturally they desire to keep touch with their friends, and not break the continuity. It occurred to me that they, in company with John Fowler and Co., Ltd., and Clayton and Shuttleworth, Ltd., hold the premier positions in the showyard, which it is essential to maintain.
I did not fall in with him, but I understood that Mr. 0. W. Ellis, the managing director of r N.M. the King Robey and Co., to Attend. Ltd., was already in attendance. I had a word or two with Mr. G. F. Clayton, of Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., who are exhibiting a fine
• wagon ready for delivery to Oldham, a town that is burnt into my memory through long and mostly-pleasant association. Mr. W. A. Tritton, of Foster and Co., Ltd., of Lincoln, was expected that night. Mr. Wilson, of Burrell's tractors, was already briskly engaged, and I had a word or two with Mr. Ernest J. Hart, the managing director for the new " Cyclone "
agricultural motor, and also with Mr_ Hoffmann of the Ivel. Gloucester is certainly en fete, and the city is flooded with bunting, chiefly I suppose because his Majesty the King is to visit the show on Wednesday.
At the luncheon to the Press, given in the large pavilion, the chair was occupied by Sir Gil'. TheInevitable bort Greenall, Bart., Luncheon. of Warrington, evi
dently a very popular personage, and who is chiefly responsible for the arrangements. In the course of a commendably-short speech, he gave prominence to the fact that, at next year's show, special facilities are to be afforded for ploughing competitions with agricultural motors, as farmers were rapidly becoming much interested in these machines for ploughing and haulage. I understood him to say that the competition would take place at a date prior to the Liverpool show. Mr. Macdonald, the agricultural Editor of " The Times," responded. Rain was descending in torrents by this time on the canvas over our heads, and the next speaker, in proposing Sir Gilbert Greenall's health, expressed a pious hope that the weather would reform and behave ; a lusty chorus followed, indicating the general feeling that Sir Gilbert was, as indeed he looked, a "jolly good fellow," and this will be gathered from a reference to the next page, where Sir Gilbert may be seen with his favourite horse. My only regret is that Lady Greenall, his charming and accomplished wile, was not included in the group. She is a magnificent horsewoman and I understand, has quite a good head for business.
" The Yorkshire was the only vehicle to go the course," said Mr. E. A. Jarmain to me with proper pride, as he
Spam. told me of an order
just received from the Spanish Government for two sixton Yorkshires. They had to go through a competition to secure this order, and the course mapped out was "40 miles of country—mainly sand." The other competing vehicles were of Continental make. I enquired for what purpose the vehicles were intended, and he had no definite information, but judged they were for military purposes. Six-tanners for