ONE HEARS Only the horn of a trolley-bus.
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Of some bad electric discharges.
That complication is the thief of accessibility. That the tyre price bubble has been punctured.
Of a motor coach labelled " The Happyalit Jos." That China progresses on the wheels of trolley-buses.
Claims that cellulose can be applied over old paint.
That steam cooling is very different from a btiling radiator.
That price may catch the buyer, but it's quality that holds him. 0.
That four-wheel brakes do not make up for a puir wee driver. 0 ' That some electric signalling devices on cars are only confusing. .
That it costs 6s. to go up Snowdon, but 2s. to come down again. 0 That it's often found to be hotter motor-boating than motor-coaching.
That Blackpool is scientific in its handling of the holiday problem.
Harsh words about concerns which omit part of their addresses for swank.
That Margate may now put up a bar gate to new motor-coach licences.
That there's no point in commercial motoring too small for a letter about it.
That barriers opposite school entrances must save many a thoughtless youngster.
That it is a wonder Salford's tower wagon cannot be fitted with an automatic driver.
That much too much-heat comes through some floorboards close to too many drivers.
That six-wheelers will soon be able to go upstairs when the ground-floor garage is full.
That it sometimes happens that the cheaper the vehicle the more it costs the owner.
That motorcycles are becoming commercially ambitious—what about a sidecar char-h-bancs?
A prophecy that we shall be almost back to halfcrown petrol if the tax on it is revised under post-war conditions. • .
That the Opel Co., of Russelsheim, Germany, has recently brought out a new 1-ton truck chassis with fourwheel brakes, to sell at 4245.
That more consideration might with advantage be given by designers and builders of bus-bodies to the reduction of inside draughts.
That the Brighton line in 1868 was running day excursions from London on the Thames to London on the Sea at a return fare of three shillings. Of a shoo-pinCh in the S.M.M-. and T. Of good paint and varnish for Goodwood. That the rubber position remains rigged. That the 2-ton racing industrial truck has come.
That we may, perhaps, even look for a Scammeil sports model. 0 Of a zealous enthusiast Who, is trying to promote a commercial motor race meeting at Brooklands next autumn.
That, suitably handicapped, we rather fancy our own 8-ton Liverpool-type lorry and the Fordson which brings our supplies of printing paper from the mills.
That miners need few reminders about patronizing motorbuses.
That cold weather is as bad as wet in its effect upon motor-ceach revenues.
The view expressed that small fines are useless as a deterrent to bus racing.
Of the democratization of motoring as being not yet one-third accomplished.
Of good business in the Midlands in filling empty car seats on long-distance trips.
That the Midlands still intend keeping in front with passenger transport development.
Someone describing the speed limit as the milestone round the neck of road transport.
That much interest has been aroused in six-wheelers by the Wolverhampton experiment.
Of considerable local argument as to the distinctive feature of Wolverhampton's latest bus.
That it is well to remember that in many places touting for passengers is a flagrant breach of local by-laws.
That municipal reports now being issued show that, in many centres, buses continue to make headway at the expense of the trams.
That bus owners run the risk of losing their licences if they take their vehicles off allotted routes at holiday times and run them on others.
That only when a whole-hearted road-transport man is made president of the Institute of Transport 'will that side of its membership flourish and increase, as it well might.