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Onmibusiness on the Stock Exchange.
That the L.G.O.C. will soon be the L.G.U.C.
the question is "Tit be or not tii be."
Of a projected combine in American brake linings.
That the new 3-ton London motorbuses skid much more readily than the old heavier ones.
That the rubber-tired five-ton steamer is being found an increasingly-paying proposition.
That banana hawkers and their barrows are a very considerable obstruction in many thoroughfares.
That some competitors do not think Whit Monday is the most-suitable day for the C.M.U.A Parade.
That an unusual motor-wagon load was seen last week in Biompton Road, and that it consisted of live pigs.
That Mr. 0. A. Green is finding his work as chief engineer of the New York Transportation Co. most congenial.
That the C.M.U.A. inspecting engineer has the dickens of a job to catch some of the " Parade " wagons during his surprise visits_
That that everlasting seed, the new motorbus COMImny to run vehicles between Bromley and Farnborough (Kent), has again germinated.
That "The Daily Express" had also heard the tale about the cab-horse that fell down when it heard a whistle for a taxi, but that it dated the event "yesterday," which was several days after THE CORNIERCIAL MOTOR went to press. Of a number of new industial models preparing for Manchester Show.
That taxicab drivers nowadays carry Thermos flasks—at least, that thermostscareful ones do.
That a tropical wood called Bolandero is capable of .absorbing four times its own weight of petroleum
That a " C'. M.' petrol-consumption trial had to be postponed last week as there were several feet of snow on the projected route.
That the recent well-informed articles in " The Evening News" on the subject of the tramway and motorbus problem have been widely read.
That in one old horse-bus yard, now a steam-wagon depot, there are six or seven loose boxes full of steam coal, in readiness for the strike which may not come off.
That in the North last week in many cases motor wagons were the only vehicles able to use the snowedup country roads, and that wheels with treads .of various sorts were much in evidence.
That registered owners who have not yet touched a farthing of War-office money under the subvention scheme, and whose vehicles were passed many weeks ago, were until a few days ago wondering how much longer it would take for the warrants to arrive.
That the latest method of obtaining successful hardening of gearwheel teeth is done tooth by tooth by directing an oxy-acetylene flame upon wheels cut from a particular alloy of steel while the wheel under treatment is practically submerged in water and slowly rotated, that the approach to absolute truth in the result amazes even advocates of bevel drives, and that the saving in time is more than 90 per cent. of most old ways.