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Of entirely new six-wheeler propaganda at work.
Of a large increase in the number of N.A.P. users.
That trials of agrimotors are becoming demonstrations.
. Of more schemes for organizing road transport clearing-houses.
Composite tours" suggested as an improvement on " circular tours."
Of another edition of the well-known text book "The Motor Manual "---2s. 6d. this time.
That cab fares in Celogne are, in normal hours of working, MO times the pre-war rate. Save the mark!
That the Lord Mayor of London regards the tractor-lorry with a. trailer as a locomotive with two trailers.
But that he gave the apparatus a distinct pat on the back for its handiness and freedom from obstruction.
The question whether Hay's Wharf Cartage Co. will appeal against the Lord Mayor's decision, for the onus is on them and not upon the police so to do.
That the fuel cost of the Peugeot. heavy-oil-engined vehicle is approximately one-eighth that of the equivalent petrol-engined machine.
That a British maker is building a heavy-oil engine for aeroplanes, and that, if the power-weight ratio is good enough for these, it should be *satisfactory for road vehicles.
That the "1923 Outlook" Number is one of the hest publications ever produced by Temple Press Ltd., and one which has given the staff of this "journal very great pleasure to produce.
That some manufacturers required four or five letters before they could be induced to provide details of their chassis for inclusion in The' Commercial Motor's tables of specifications.
That in standardizing the nomenclature of private motorcars, 22 distinct types of vehicles have been catalogued and that the gem of them all is the "Clover-leaf. Conpelette."
. That the S.M.M. and T. is adopting its usual tactics against the Ship and Boat Builders' Exhibition' even going so, far as to threaten exhibitors thereat with exclusion from the Society's 1923 exhibitions. That the tax-gatherers are studying spiritualism.
That the new magneto has aroused much interest.
That Miss S. 'F. (Sonia Frances) Edge has arrived.
Much of new tractor-lorries and attachments therefor.
The queryis . the hauler a haulier, or is the haulier a hauler ?
Of those who don't see eye to i with " The Skoteh " in the " hauler " v. " haulier" controversy.
That many drivers appreciated our efforts to promote their comfort.
That Wells will soon be able to bill himself as "Loser of a thousand fights."
The suggestion that he might change his name to Aunt Sally Wells.
That with two days' tuition, any good driver can manceuvre a tractor-lorry as easily as an ordinary vehicle.
That they had glorious weather in Scotland for the agrimotor trials and that the machines did excellent work.
Re the "keep to the right" rule that some people keep right, some keep every way, and others keep to what's left.
That, although there is not much business in the London taxicab trade, the owners say that it would be suicidal to reduce fares.
Someone saying, of a certain prominent politician, that you can take the wind out of his sails for, a time, but you can't destroy his craft.
That the beautiful blue sky of the Nile scene on the front cover of the "1923 Outlook" Number • of The Commercial Motor will be a thing of joy on the bookstalls on Thursday.