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That Commer Cars are now advertised on L.G.O. buses.
That " agrimotor " lubricants from Silvertown will soon be on the market.
That the manager of James Bartle and Co. has been presented with a new in. "nut."
That Mr. 0. Peters has transferred his affection and services from Continental to Wood-Milne.
That some makers have put up quotations by 10 per cent., and that others are likely to follow.
That the Gamage-Bell garage is no longer surmounted by a board bearing the words "Site for ga rage.'
That the tramway service in South London has been considerably_ accelerated, owing to the competition of the "Busy Bees."
That a certain corporation asked for a tender for a motor side-dumping tank wagon, and that coach and tank builders refused to quote.
That a cab proprietor recently became surety for a driver who appealed against a heavy fine for dangerous driving, and that it cost him .230.
That some of the largest departmental stores in London are doing poor business this year, and that they have therefore laid up a considerable proportion of their delivery plant.
That several large manufacturing companies in dockland have put into operation clever schemes to secure supplies from the docks, and that some of them are proving very successful.
From a subscriber at Geelong (Victoria) that motorcars are being increasingly used to distinct commercial advantage for the conveyance of land and stock buyers to and from sales in country districts.
That the new musical play at the Lyric Theatre is to be called "The Girl in the Taxi," and that when all the other girls are exhausted, "The Girl in the Steam-wagon" will be given a chance.
That the Sydney Civil Ambulance and Transport Corps feels itself greatly beholden unto Mr. Anthony Hordern, of Byfleet, Surrey, for the gift of an up-todate vehicle with a 26 h.p. Silent-Knight-Minervafinish chassis.
That more agreed surface crossing-places, under police control, may offer a better solution to streettraffic problems from the pedestrian's point of view than does the multiplication of obstructive refuges, or of subways which cannot be filled. That there are some 3-cwt. vans which have yet to find their way into the limelight.
That only the " O.K." pick of the Continental commercial motors can be sold in the C.K.
That Mr. Lloyd George intends enormously to extend the powers of the Road Board before the end of 1913.
That some railways which once enjoyed a reputation for punctuality have fallen away very badly since last summer.
That November was the wrong tip for the next C.V. Show, and that the end of January has more backers.
That Paris is seriously trying Mr. Holroyd Smith's system of gyratory traffic, regulation at intersections where there are circuses.
That, whilst good and lively blocks are much appre elated by this journal, the Editor has yet to admit a block of ice a la "Daily Mirror."
From so many correspondents who say they are " only too pleased," in spite of the fact that " most pleased" is the true superlative.
That Lord Montagu and Mr. Rees Jeffreys were amongst the saloon passengers who landed at Fishgnard on Monday last from R.M.S. " Lusitania."
That a 100 h.p. rail car, which is under construction in shops in the Midlands, and which may see service between London and Brighton, is nearing -completion.
That there will be free admission to Tint Mottr Museum until the 31st inst., at 175-179, Oxford Street, W., after which date the collection is to be moved farther west.
That the L.C.C. officials hate all references to tramcar terminal arrangements at the inner dead-ends of Paris ; but that they deserved to fail to evade the issue a second time.
That 67 per cent. of the world's 640,000 miles of railways have been laid in the last 30 years, and that this gives some idea of how commercial motoring will go ahead now that it has taken hold.
That Doncaster's ill luck extended even to the Board of the N.E. Ely., seeing that the chairman, Mr. J. Lloyd Wharton, caught a chill at the R.A.S.E. Show and died in consequence eight days later.
From Sir George Gibb, that the L.C.0 is going on with negotiations about the proposed new western highway to and from London, and that certain recent newspaper statements to the contrary are quite wrong.