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That H.M. the King will be in London over Whitsuntide.
That Dominion, Colonial, and Overseas visitors have already begun to arrive in earnest.
That there will be a fine show of both internai-combust-ion and steam tractors at Norwich.
That there is no truth in the rumour that the Kaiser and the King used a "Willie and George " taxicab.
That some people still prefer to judge Australian methods from a distance and will not accept firsthand information.
That the C.M.U.A. membership should reach 500 before many weeks are over, and that the annual subscription may then be raised.
That one British maker of commercial motors has orders on the books for 213 vehicles, and that rio one order is for a greater number than 25.
That Selfridge's have expressed their willingness to make a window display of the C.M.U.A. cups and other prizes at their huge establishment in Oxford Street.
That it will be pretty hard to make all the drivers hear the toast of " The King" at the C. M.U.A. Parade Coronation dinner on Whit Monday. but that the chairman will do his best.
That there is a well-equipped engineering works standing idle not more than 30 miles distant from London, and that the said works and plant could be acquired on most-reasonable terms.
That the tarred roads of Kent are not yet universal, hut that the main highway to Tunbridge Wells, via Sevenoaks. had been put into wonderfullygood condition for the last week's meet.
That drivers of heavy motorvans must also draw more oonsistently to the left, and that the porters who travel on certain motor furniture-removal vans will be getting into trouble if they uncivilly chaff overtaking ear-owners instead of warning the drivers on their own vehicles to pull in.
that the terms of the C.M.U.A. memorandum on traffic obstruction have commended themselves very strongly to all other motoring organisations.
That a certain east-coast motor char-a-banes in months earns enough to pay 25 per cent. to the shareholders and to bear laying-up /or the other di months.
'Thai a few more volunteers from the Provinces would be acceptable as members of the C.M.U.A. General Committee, and that Col. Crompton will be pleased to hear.
That Mr. T. E. Harrison's scheme (Waring and Gillow, Ltd.), for the decoration of Oxford Street from Marble Arch to Tottenham Court Road, has been finally adopted.
That it is premature to conclude that any new system has superseded any old one merely because the newcomers say so—or wish their "own particular " had achieved that objective.
That the L.G.O.C. rather liked the horticultural cartoon last week—especially the petrelectrica stock that has not yet commenced to bloom, and that the joint-managers asked for 50 prints on special art paper.
That the Kaiser, when at the R.A.C. on Friday last, was not shown the original drawing by A. Kruger, from " Kladderadatsch," a reproduction from which appeared in this journal on the 25th April, 1907, and which might well be looked up again now.
That ninny people who once credited the average London cabby with the possession of decency and honesty, find him, now the taximeter has exposed the scale of his versatility, to be chiefly possessed by an ingrained aversion to any exact record of his doings or takings.
That, during the late hours of the evening. when traffic along the main east-and-west arteries is not so dense as it is during the daytime, L,G.O.C. busdrivers are in the habit of "pushing up the road" as far as the Bank, so that, from there to Liverpool Street Station, the vehicles simply crawl, in order to avoid trouble with the station timekeeper. much to the annoyance of the passengers. who frequently miss their trains by so little as a half-minute.