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Of stiffer times for oil bitumens. Of tram scrapping in the U.S.A.
• That cobble-stones cause cuss words.
That rural roads are a-thorny topic.
That Hull trams seem to be in a hole.
That 500 cabs a year go west in London.
Some people now saying, "Hang the strap I " That car owners form many a coach's clientele.
Of a suggestion to duplicate steering connections.
That the Grandfather bus is a popular innovation.
That sparking in a pocket makes an owner out of 2.ocket.
That oatmeal is a handkerchief to a tearful radiator.
That a circular road is not necessarily a roundabout way.
That the hot pace in the bus world is telling on those who make it.
That the tar distillers are far from being done with or out of roads.
That, although a trolley-bus may be a Garrett, it cannot be kept in one.
That portable gas-producers must have a lively fuel to prove responsive.
That the White City at Shepherd's Bush will cut and come again next year.
That the inlets to many petrol engines are needlessly choked in hot weather.
That "safety first" is a good motto for road makers as well as -road users.
That "stopping the cloek " at traffic blocks is hardly a " taxiable " proposition.
That the establishment of a united front is usually accomplished only by the foregathering of united forces and funds.
Of Still more eyes upon and orders for 32-seater single-deck country motorbuses squeezed inside the intended 31-ton unladen limit on pneumatics.
That the new Construction Order for public-service vehicles to carry more than eight passengers may not be through until November, but that an effort will be made by the S.M.M. and T. to get it issued before their Commercial Motor Show opens at Olyinnia on October 29th. Trams but not trolley-buses. That "no standing" is no treat.
Of hop-pickers travelling by coach.
That goods cannot go by rail alone.
Of coaching to school as well as in it.
That the splashguard is not yet dead.
That the new lifeguard won't take things lying down.
That traffic that is rail-bound is for the hidebound.
That most American visitors are skilled in handoperated tipping.
That " lack " and " luck " are two factors in chain lubrication.
That " jay-walkers " will be scooped up by the new L.G.O.C. lifeguard.
That a meregnat bite can be p. very different thing from a mere flea bite.
That mad transport can " handle " goods with less handling than the railways. • Of "Trams on sleeper tracks? As if they weren't sleepy enough already!"
That, in some country buses, lack of comfortstudy is a weariness of the flesh.
Of engines which are inclined to oil up, but others, although inclined, do not.
Someone challenging " S.T.R.'s " statement that loaves and pianos form a contrast—so often both are flat.
That those who grumble at penny platform tickets on English railways should never meet a train in Glasgow.
That British participation in the International Road Congress at Milan in 1926 is not expected to add to the noisiness of that city.
Anent ill-advised conversions, that some coachoptimists run vehicles with ancestry as mixed as that of the Co-optimists' Ogopogo, HERE'S ONE— As Bill neared the cross-roads the two-seater ahead slowed down and a fair hand waved him on, but just as he speeded up to pass the little car it turned across his bows and got pushed about most unpleasantly. Bill hauled the lady—unhurt, but hysterical— out of the debris.
"Why on earth," he asked, "did you signal me to pass you when you were going to turn?" "I -never signalled anything," she sobbed. "I wasn't thinking about you at all. I was very hot, and I just waved my hand about to cool it."