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"I should say."
That the first vehicles will arrive at Tate. That Middlesex thought its Bill was safe.
That this year's Parade is costing Over S;900.
That not everybody knows where Barum is.
Of opposition in Wales to Sunday motor trips. Of a big demand for C.M.U.A. first-aid outfits.
That it might be a good plan to hold a Parade in Belton.
That there will be both flags arol wags at the Parade.
Of a search for a missing Unic taxicab by R.A.C. guides in Kent.
That there is no corner left even for imagination in the Parade area.
From a marshal that the interest in the parade is certainly not flagging.
That the cverture at the Victoria Palace will be "En Revenant de la, Revue."
That Glasgow's tramways may be profitable, but they are confoundedly slow.
That early coffee will he served outside the Tate Gallery at 3.35 a.m. on Monday, That Caistor R.D.C. hopes to get a motel. ambulance "at a cost not exceeding k:100."
That there will be no room for commercial motors at this year's Scottish Motor Exhibition.
That many provincial readers of the " C.M." coming up to town to see the Parade this year.
That still another headroom difficulty arose on the Penge-Bromley route, due to an obstructive bridge.
That the tenants of offices in Castle Street, Liverpool, are agitating for wood paving instead of granite.
That Matlock is not the only tramway-owning authority that deserves to he in trouble with its auditors.
That the Woolwich Borough Council Works Committee has done very well out of the first year's working of its steam tractor.
That the United States of America settled the question of fuel alcohol two years ago, through an investigation by its Bureau of Mines.
That advance copies of the programme for next Monday's great Parade may be had by post for 3d. if Mr. f'3ristow hears on Friday or Saturday.
That the yield of the petrol tax is now at the net rate of £850,000 per annum, whilst motorcar carriageduty taxes are providing a yield at the rate of Di50,000.
1110 Marshal music for Monday.
"For sheer gaiety gie me Paisley."
Of a G.C. vaporizer doing well in Patagonia.
That there will be a Manchester Show early in 1915.
That the Press yet no pressure will attend the Parade.
That price-cutting problems are much to the fore just now.
That several C.M.U.A. marshals are as good as generals.
Many inquiries about that clay-modelling method of coachhuilding.
That the halfpenny fare is invariably the most trouble to collect.
That the driver of the tank wagon will keep a speeial look-out for Suffragettes.
That the whitewashing contract for the parade area will have no political interpretation.
That to advocate battery vehicles in electrical journals is to preach to the converted,
or an Irish publican who owns a 50 seated Dennis char-if-banes, and presumably has a licence for it.
That GAY .R. motorvans are being used for posters urging people to take earlier holidays in May and June.
That the L.C.C. may fit escalators to carry its "inside
" pmsengers, and so get a little more standing room.
That small features of design are frequently retained long after the reason for them has been forgotten.
That the new labels on Halley components are designedly intended to bring the chickens home to most —if any.
Of more than one prominent manufacturer who is disappointed that there was no axle tax mentioncl in the Budget.
That the new entraoee hall to the Halley office extensions at Yoker will have an ecclesiastical atmosphere which is commendable.
That the height of salesmanship may be considered to have been attained when a five-tormer is sold to someone who has inquired the price of pareelcar.
That four sales representatives, detained recently at Cleator Moor, burgled the station cloakroom for their bags after midnight and had to pay for the damage.
That a Paris firm of carriers has instituted a regular road-carrying service between Paris and Rouen, and in the reverse direction, with De Dion three-tonners travelling by night.
That the W.O. chain-track tractors, .in a. brand-new khaki costume., pranced and ambled in the limelight round the arena. during the Military Tournament, like a mild-steel fourye.ar-old.