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One Hears— Of horseless lifeguards.

28th August 1913
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Rumours concerning a Tyneside C.3.1.7.A. Of the bodywork of the motor hearse.

" There ain't no buses runnin' from Byfieet to Moray."

Of hints from the petrol companies to beware of benzole.

That Burrell tractors do well amongst the Portland quarries.

That Scotland Yard is giving increased attention to faulty motorbus tires.

That the result. of Mass times velocity into mass is sometimes a bent. mudguard.

Of a cab-rank wanted near the Arsenal Club's new bothall ground at Highbury.

Of yet another R-type service in London, with bodies inscribed " Southern."

That the Dorsetshire hills are proving an attraction for char-h-bancs holiday parties.

That the commercial motor enormously widens the area of the working man's activities.

That you cannot get a char-à-banes in London just zeow, as they are all away at the seaside.

That a six-cylinder-engined bus is again to be offered, and this time not from the Thames.

That the "Review of Reviews" was the source of that wonderful map of provincial bus centres.

That the G.W. and L.S.W. Ry. Milnes-Dainder motorbuses are being well patronized at Weymouth.

That wise owners in and around London will let their drivers attend the C.M.U.A. lectures next winter.

That there may be several engines at the Olympia private-ear show next November with coolers in the oil circuit.

Of frequent provision of sandbins for fire-extinguishing purposes, but of no shovels with which to distribute the sand.

That our Australian correspondent was, when last writing, in quarantine in Sydney through an epidemic of smallpox in that city.

That the L.G.O.C. depots are now very busy with the fitting of lifeguards, new lighting installations, and the annual overhauls.

That there is a much greater proportion of London taxi-drivers who are now buying their own cabs by instalments than is generally supposed.

That next year's North of England Show at Manchester is to be held early in January, and that our Scottish friends are asking themselves why.

That new aspirants to a reputation on the utilityvehicle side of the industry are learning the truth of the statement that it takes at least three years to establish one. Of Irels' busy harvesting.

Of tremendous Ferodo activity.

That even a lifeguard may be a death dealer. That it often takes less than six months to drop out That the 11.1. A. may start an endowment fund next year.

That the L.G.O.C. may dispose of its Bedford services.

That very few people that matter are left at work just now.

That local agents think tradesmen should buy their vans locally.

Of the suppression of private-car interests where they also exist. 0 Of stay-at-home holiday-makers spending happy days on bus tops.

That every gallon of benzoic used is the means of urging further production.

That a syndicate has been formed in Sydney, N.S.W., to run a fleet of pareelcars That Roilerine, Ltd., is now by Royal Warrant purveyor of Boilerine to His Majesty the King.

That the Sheppee people are constructing a threeton wagon, for Venezuela, to carry rails 40 ft. long.

That London motorbuses will reach 3,000,000 passengers a day, more than once, before the year is out.

That the abolition of the second-class passenger on suburban railways has proved disadvantageous in the matter of receipts.

That at the height of its business the Walthamstow factory turned out more than 60 complete B-type chassis in a single week.

That the L.C.C. is the highway authority for the County bridges, minor County bridges, and the subways under the Thames.

That demand for petrol and paraffin locomotives has been sufficient. to stop at least -one maker from pursuing developments with motor wagons.

That the Army Remount Department has decided to employ two heavy draft horses instead of four light ones for the haulage of ammunition wagons.

That a revised Admiralty specification for oil fuel provides that the flash-point is to be not lower than 115 degrees, as compared with the previous '200 degrees.

That the Londou County Council contributions to "local revenues " do not include anything for the maintemInce of tha electrical portions of the track as well as the parings.

That "The Times" writes of motorbuses that "oret five hundred million people will this year be conveyed by motor omnibus to and from their daily work," and that the last London census of seven millions seems to have been a bit out of it.


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