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Of a char-à-bancs-eum-eoffee-stall.
That new paint hides many an old body.
That the newest Tanks are not caterpillars.
Of a. large fleet of six-wheeled huses for Paris.
"Keep to the left" as a new rule of the pavement.
Of coach fares below railway fares for a like distance.
Of useful Russian orders taken by a leading manufacturer.
That cherubim is not a nice name for coach travellers.
That coach users welcome the proposed new speed regulations.
Of divergent views on the proposed a-bolition of the speed limit.
That the mreather was all against the opening of the coach season.
That cab fares in London may shortly reach their pre-war level.
Of commercial travellers' broughams for use as small caravans.
That the rate war amongst coach owners was fully in evidence at Easter.
But that, on the whole, there was more fare _unanimity than had ever before been secured.
Of the motor coach competing with the motorbus on some of the shorter runs.
• Of an untrue rumour concerning the removal of the Ford works from Manchester.
That instruction in schools is doing much to lessen street fatalities amongst children.
. That at the slightest news of increased output, many raw material suppliers are quite prepared to forget current financial strihgencies.
That hundreds of football goers will travel by motor coach from all parts of the country to witness the Football Cup Final next Saturday.
That almost every vehicle at the recent annual van horse parade took a first prize—and that no fewer than 495 such awards -were made.
That there are few more considerate and caretui drivers than Herbert Freed, and that everyone will sympathize with him over his recent accident.
That the taxi sidecar or motorcycle taxi is an undoubted success at South Coast resorts, whether considered from the point of view of passengers and pleasure seekers or from that of the owner-driver.
That the owner-driver can make a very good living out of a sidecar taxi, but that, curiously enough, the paid drivers of the other vehicles in a fleet are not able to record the receipt of such good tips as the owner-driver himself can show. That third readings may be best.
Of a Ford-T-hour week at Detroit.
"0, wert thou in the cauld blast?"
That the tenpenny shilling will not do there.
That all-weather motors should be booming.
Of the•output octopus—a very modern monster. Lizzie .begging her sponsors not to give her away.
Six-days shalt thou -be licensed—in South Wales. That Bradford car fare must remain at twopence.
That some road vehicles Might be called Bath chara,buns.
That there is all the difference between a humidifier and a damper.
Of a grinning contest between the " B.F." and the Golden Pump men.
That there was no parking charge for coaches attending Wetherby races.
• That Wetherby race officials said, "It is as cheap to come in by coach as to walk in I That J. and H. Robinson have shown that runners can go as strong as Walkers.
That the law may need clarifying, but the railway is not going to have all the fat That it is no good blaming "the missing Link " humidifier when the engine falters.
—0 That on account of the bad weather conditions, Bank Holiday proved a hollow day for many a motor coach.
That horses have beaten eleetrics at Ilford on refuse collection—but we did not know there were Any horses left.
That a German four-ton lorry costs nearly halfa-million marks, and that in Russia a similar purchase can be made for about 35 cwt. of roubles.
Concerning Easter Monday— The wind was strong, the rain was eJld, None ventured forth except the bold, And optimists were heard to say, That they had known a better day.