One Hears— The following Rumours, of which the Press Bureau
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has no Confirmation, but to the Publication of which, we imagine, it will take no exception.
Of despondent "Royalists."
That the way of a quiet lorry is easy.
That General Smuts calls them warmobiles.
That the best war motor-boats are amphibious.
Of queries as to the agency for Continental motors.
—0 That Whiting, Ltd,'s, motto is "This is our busy day."
• That one escape is no excnse for attenuation of effort.
At long last, of attempted fuel economy in the States.
Of petrol being ignited by pouring throu h chamois funnels.
Precept, rather than see practice, in th matter of economy.
That there are already 500,000 Zeniths n the carburetter world.
That the lighter the commercial motor the heavier the expense—sometimes.
That the no-tax sections of steam user now have the chance to "showrcause."
That a char-k-bancs body on a subsidy-m del chassis looks substantially mounted but high.
That not a few owners popped down to Irighton to see how the M.T.G., C.L.N.G., V.T.C., got1 on.
That it's, bad from the standpoint of National finance to encourage petrol to the detriment of steam.
From many quarters of serious consideration being given to the possibility of British "assembled propositions."
That if a gauze dust-interceptor be placed across the air-intake of a petrol engine it requires noi argument to show how often it needs cleaning.
That owners of steel-tired steam wagons ften rouse opposition in paved cities by noise from rnnning too fast on setts, quite apart from any chipping incidents.
That there is as .much scope for bulking] goods for road transport as has been proved to provide fortunes for carriers who have bulked them for railivay transport.
Of further experiments to inject hot wafer during the compression stroke of petrol-using internalcombustion engines as a means of reducing fuel consumption. That buses are unnecessary—to the trams.
Of a prominent second-hand business suddenly ceasing.
That they're getting very inquisitive about worms in America.
Of a well-known motor journalist busy making horse shoes.
Of road-making material as munitions—half-bricks, one supposes.
That the Excess Profits collection is going to give a lot of trouble.
That the Editor has been recalled to give further L.G.B. evidence.
That £1000 is a sterling price for a two-tonner—and accumulators at that.
That U.S.A. currency, both monetary and political, runs largely to notes.
That each week now, and not life only, is one thing after another.
That if you're controlled you've got to have girls—
so there are compensations ! • That the Institute of Automobile Engineers is not a trade society—but who said it was?
—0 That Adjutant Bristow must have found his spurs terribly in the way on the footboards.
That it surprises many a new L.G.O.C. driver to find that he can't leave as when he wants to.
That, whilst some legal decisions are narrow, the one about "munitions work" is even too wide.
That it was a case of Mackay (and Jardine) while the sun shone—if it e'ver does shine in Glasgow.
That troops Overseas must only' send British p.o.s home, and not French or other foreign money.
That the Napier landaulet, presented to the Fund by Wolf's, has been sold for conversion as an aimbulance.
That the Press Bureau is particularly apt at " closing the stable door," etc.—but that must not be mentioned. '
From a correspondent that Vim is a soap-powder and not a food, which latter confirms last week's impression, That the concert party of 320 Co., A. S.C., M.T., is the only one which has been able to hold its audience until half an hour after supper time.
That there may be occasions when the Pratt's tine you pick up at a e-arage—and for which Pratt's prices are charged by the agent—are filled with another• brand which costs him, and should cost you, less.