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That The Commeret'al Motor is often. quoted. That the newsidecar taxi is a hansom outfit.
That retrench drill can also signify stand at ease.
That our valued contributor " Vim" is" sonic " systematizer.
That he has ran more than one garage.
That the bus beats both the post and the railway on parcels delivery.
That coach proprietors are already making plans for the summer season.
That air-filled tyre propaganda goes bettor in fine summer weather than in winter, That high prices have in some instances prevented the expansion of provincial bus services.
Of the flash points of oil products, and of the flash points of the diamonds of those who market them.
Of " flash " contra—Rash, dash, slash, flash, smash, crash, bash, hash, gash, mash, splash, cash!
That some people are thinking hard about luggage accommodation for their coaches. About time, too, • That it is high time someone of F. W. Taylor's turn of mind got busy on the subject of motor vehicle operation.
That there is room for scientific management on the road as well as in the factory.
That what some people save on the roundabouts of careful tuning and so on, they lose on the swings of haphazard loading and off loading methods.
. That naturally seasoned timber is preferable to the • quick dried.variety. As a war expedient, it. was all right; but isn't it time that incubation was dropped?
That there should be an opening for Riviera coach tours in the winter season.
The query. : Why' not ,services to the South of France, worked in conjunction with tours in Algeria.? The, roads are very fine in_ North Africa, and there are already some coaches running there.
That "To Monte Carlo by motor coach, and back again," would be a good slogan. Return tickets would be paid for before the trip commenced, of course. • That at least one enterprising coach proprietor and his wife spied out the South of France last winter. But they went on a motorcar.
The question : Why not an overland coach service to Italy? from Vauxhall to Venice would make a good poster.
That if the foreigner does not exploit his own country, the Britisher had better do so. By the way, did' the battlefields turn out to be the attraction that was anticipated? We wonder. Of Manchester—all mud and muddles.
That " ampisand " is not the moulder's medium.
That Birmingham is about to install a roadside petrol pump.
That we cannot over-seize the opportunities of overseas trade.
-Of many congratulations to the Vacuum Oil Co. on their fire escape.
Of an order shortage as the naturaloutcome of the present trade chaos.
That a certain engine builder's oil scraper-rings have a " gurgling " " It's all over the place? " as the driver said -when he lost, control of his steering.
• That some think the Finance Act contains more elements of tragedy than oomedY, • That cold, not hot, water is the force-pump factor in therino-syphon -cooling systems.
Mu& &haat penalty kicks,, but little or nothing of " penalty clauses" regarding delivery. • • Shareholders asking --Which is the -better,. to have -and to hold or to sell and he sold?
That tho oil-fired steam wagon isas Our American cousins would say—an all-fired smart device.
That, Messrs. Stringer and Son, of Belfast,. have acquired one of the Maudslay new six-tonners. , Also, favourable comment regarding the " get-atability " feature of the folding seats of this lorry, which " give " to either side the engine.
Despite lay-Press activity, that it is not true there is a boom in foot rules to re-measure Mount EVercs.t.
Th,a,t The Commercial Motor is not, going to run " Pessi and Opti " series on the lines of "Dilly and That some designers might do well to remember that metal left off a chassis neither adds, weight nor takes up room.
_ The suggestion that iron and steel manufacturers should try a "bargain week" to give a fillip to their flagging trade.
With perturbed feelings, Lord R. Ceeil's striking analogy :—k9,000,000 for our next battleship, as against but 250,000 for a year's cost Of " The League" to the country.
And that it will he some target, toe!
That Charles Lamb used to excuse late attendance at the office in the morning by pleading that he went so early in the afternoon ; and that, on the same prinOple, the high price of petrol may be explained by its low quality.