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-The following Rumours, of which the Press Bureau has no Confirmation, but to the Publication of which, we imagine, it will take no exception.
Of the partial eclipse of London.
That it is Tue t' one on the result.
That there is no flagging in the flag trade.
That the present is a good time to make coal contracts.
Of chassis-snatchers at home and chassis-smashers abroad.
That there has never been a better place for the Big Wheel than Earl's Court.
That the reason our transport officers keep their heads is because we use Fastnuts.
That it may be well to remember that the sign of German patented manufacture is " D.R.G.M."
That the Germans counted their chickens too early on account of the Kluck under the right wing.
That a contract for 25 Star three-ton lorries has been placed for the Russian military authorities.
That it's a pity the W.D. could not commandeer all the two-cylinder motorcabs—they would be well out ' of the way.
That whereas London has contributed one per cent. of its population as recruits, the L.G.O.C. has contributed 13 per cent. of its employees.
That the old Thames Ironworks has been taken over as a Territorial depot, and that the erstwhile motor shops are being utilized as rifle ranges.
That when the order to reduce public lighting in London was issued, one of the first lights to be extinguished was the cabby's taximeter lamp.
That Sir Arthur Stanley was to kick off at a football match at Chiswick on Saturday last, in aid of the funds of the T.O.T. Mutual Aid Organization.
Of a concert party making the rounds of the Kentish suburbs, in aid of the Prince of Wales Fund, with a motor lorry, on which are mounted a piano and other impedimenta.
That there is no intention of offering a prize for an answer to the following question : "If a motor lorry full of ammunition catches fire, what is the best thing for the driver to do 7" That the travelling public patiently waits its turn for the Crystal Palace services of motorbuses while the naval recruits stafioned there press forward for their joy rides in the evening.
That the tale of Hendon buses rushing to reinforce British troops is as widespread and worthless as that of the bearded Russian gentlemen in cattle trucks passing through Smethwick or Dalston Junction.
That a new and raw bus conductor, on a. provincial route, one day was seen to be punching numerous tickets at the terminus, and that on inquiry as to why he was doing this he replied : "Oh, I am only getting ready for the rush." Of William the Last.
That Germany really is short of petrol.
That Lancashire is counting every halfpenny.
That imprecations have often followed impressments.
That a general trade boom must inevitably succeed the war.
That it's easier to repair the roads than to enlarge all the war-wheels.
That " War Material—Urgent" is labelled on many parts in transit just now.
That a chassisless char-a-bancs body is another example of the white elephant.
That the two "M "s, left to themselves in the fireengine business, are having a merry time.
That one wise commercial-motor maker had been collecting steel wheels from Belgium and Switzerland for two years past That the third sweep by impressment officers deprived Rhyl and other seaside resorts of numerous char-a-bancs chassis.
That many furniture removers and warehousemen are left lamenting without any petrol vehicles for use this coming quarter-day.
That the new Leyland pressed-steel disc wheels will be popular in the field as affording better cover than any of the spoked type.
That Lancashire and Yorkshire trade motor routes are becoming more markedly lonely, and that little but steam wagon traffic remains.
That Wood-Milne non-metallic tires have come on very strongly in Lancashire since the war began, and that they are unlikely to come off.
That Renaults are doing their best at Lyons, while their aeroplane engines are coming through at the Wolseley works and the Gnomes at Daimler's.
That Col. Holden, the Assistant Director of Transport, has at last begun to utilize particulars of lorries from the county and county-borough registration lists.
That one maker of approved three-tonners is willing to supply all drawings and assistance, but not to make jigs, for 25000 down and 213 per chassis finished.
That it is inaccurate to assume that the commercial-vehicle factories in France are all closed, hut that all the important ones are hard at work with full staffs.
That an A.S.C. officer strolled into a certain London terminus and warned the officials that a consignment of stores was on its way to be sent by the next Scotch express, and that when it arrived there was well over 200 tons of it.