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That current " cabbies " crab two-seaters. . That fenders seem suitable for fire-engines.
That Stockton considers sweeping" reforms.
That a profit has great honour in the boardroom.
That worms are 96 per cent, efficient in turnina. That fiat rates sometimes make things very flat.
That trams donYt usually cut rates—they increase them.
That decisions as regards final drives are not final.
That depreciation is a close relation to perpetual motion.
Of stops for water, not only for radiators, in hot weather.
That it is nOt neee8sarily water.
That "long pull" is not connected with trans port. 0_ That lawn mowing will soon be classed as a pleasure. _0_ That the Automoto, though small, does as it ought to.
That the match is a fatal substitute for the fuel tank dip stick. • 0_ That the Zenith smile seems to be the smile that wilt go on.
That the covered-top bus is equally suited to shun shine or shower.
That Heligoland is going to rejoin its old comrade—the German Navy.
Of strong language in traffic blocks interspersed with many cut-in remarks.
That a badly maintained vehicle may be a liability instead of an asset.
That money talks, but some people won't listen to the gentle voice of Operating Costs.
That ignoring costs doe8Pnot mean reducing costs.
That careless pedestrians will soon be able to summon crane lorries to remove vehicles from their persons.
That The C.M. offers to help you in the fight against rate-cutters. Ask and they shall receive— copies of operating costs tables, That whatever treatment may be needed to cure that tired feeling in •the winter, a trip by motor coach does it best in the summer.
The two-seater taxi singing to the four-seater : "Then you'll tak the high fare An' I'll talk the low fare— But I'll hae a fare far before ye." Of experiments to induce drivers of road vehicles to use alternative routes.
From The Motor that more and more car owners are out to demand the fitting of pneumatics by bus owners.
That many who see the moving chain-belt on the Ford stand at Wembley are surprised at its short length.
The Secretary Winter Gray seems to be able to arrange for a Summer Sun for Institute of Transport affairs That obtaining bus licences is a "Problem of the Haulier and Carrier."
That this year's British Empire Exhibition is about to emerge from the risk of being dubbed the Spaceries Exhibition.
That the C.M.U.A. gets more done for each £10,000 of income than other trade organizations achieve for each £100,000.
Of inquiries on foot to ascertain the total annual payments in local authority rates by owners of commercial motors.
That whatever Darlington may do this year, Rainlaill may outdo in 1929 if the L.M.S. board of directors like the doing of it.
That the great majority of London taxi-drivers are almost as hostile to the one-passenger type of cab as to any other new proposal.
That in railway organization, as all others, even leaders prefer at times to let themselves be pushed along the line of least resistance.
That two-seater cabs have recently started running in Cologne at fares which are 25 per cent. lower than those charged on standard vehicles.
That the half-second headway betwen motorbuses which is of common occurrence on many London inner-zone sections of route needs seeing to be believed. 0 That the only London taxicabs able to live at 6d. for the first half-mile would be the so-called " scooters," capitalized at about £50 each, including a new set of tyres.
That the East Kent Road Car Co.'s excellent services in the winter as well as the summer account very largely for its popularity with residents throughout and near the Isle of Thanet.
From others who think that the two-seater maximum provision for passengers in any London taxicab will be of doubtful popularity and utility if sanctioned, but that mono-passenger vehicles stand more chance.