One Hears—
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if one keeps one's ears open.
a lot of nonsense from outsiders.
the turning of the worm very seldom nowadays.
deep-voiced anathemas upon the General Election.
nu revoir being said to the propused trials uf resilient wheels.
That running empty does not pay, but that everybody knows kr
That many carburetters become uneconomical owing to wear of the parts under vibration.
That the shortage of motorcab drivers in London is now ad• milted by at least one of the men's unions.
That there is to be a battle royal betwoeti makers of tricycle mid four-wheel carriers for small-parcel conveyance.
That pro-show makers and traders will not do amiss for their cause if they write to Mr. Woodfine and tell him their ihtentions.
That many visitors to London are puzzled to know what means on a taxicab. MA that one explanation does not lend itself to reproduction on this page.
That the advertisement value of a motorvan is Ain considerable, not by reason of any novelty, but because of the fact that its panels are moving hoardings. yet that the great majority of owners, regardless of the usefulness of all appeal to people above ground level, fail to turn the rout-Space to account as they might in the absence of top loading.
How much the timing of the " Dominion and Overseas Special " is appreciated by everybody.
That the directors of the L.G.O.C. are pretty sure to reconstruct their ordinary share capital, and that t50 per £100 of stock may be not far wide of the mark.
That the sales of Auto-Carriers are increasitu, very rapidly,
mid that the advance orders of one of F. B. increasing and Co.'s English agents amount to 36 vehicles.
That not fewer than 30 new members will be enrolled at the next meeting of the C.M.L.A. Committee, and that all are cheerfully paying the guinea entrance fee.
That seven tons of net load upon the platform of a pi-trol lorry is not necessarily the limit of what we shall see accomplished within the four corners of the Motor Car Acts during next year.
That drivers will flock to the 1911 Parade of the CM:C.A., that owners will evince more than usual personal interest in the proceedings, and that the Whit-Monday programme has taken on " splendidly.
That 112, Piccadilly, W.. is ;i very-good address for C.M.U.A. purposes, but that there will he more facilities than ever before when the Association is housed in Pall Mall, which will be the case on and after the I.st Vebruary next, That petrol can be saved if the induction-pipe be lined with felt, that the equivalent of a " breathing " or wick carburetter can thus he cheaply improvised. but that care must be taken not to reduce the cross-scctional area of the pipe by a disproportionate amount.
That the result of the competition for our special prizes in the Drivers' and Mechanics' department is now keenly awaited by several men who have run almost neck and neck' but that at the momeitt nobody in this office knows who will be the winner of the major award.