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28th October 1919
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of lorry loads of traraoars.

That .York will be sorry yet.

Of Michelin's stretch of the imagination.

That Scottish users use Scottish lorries.

How the lorry has won laurels from the holiday maker.

That reconstruction is in the air—and seems likely to be left there.

That there are unmistakable signs of the general return of peace work.

That char4-bancs is doing more road damage than ever the motorbus did.

That with some thief-proof devices it would be cheaper to lose theicaa.

That the best test of a thief-proof device is when the owner loses the key.

That the M.T., when travelling on camel tracks, quite understood how the animal got the hump.

That there is precious little room for womenfolk in the commercial-vehicle branch of the industry at any rate.

That the penny fare in these days may give the maximum of comfort, but it has the minimum duration.

That the Peerless towing detachment had the busiest of times on the Slough road dining the railway strike.

That before buying a second-hand lorry one should ask it the classic question " What did you do in the Great War 1" Hopes that the missing window-straps on certain railway lines are to be repaired before the winter blizzards set in. • That one of the illustrated dailies has just discovered a new method of ploughing "—by two tractors and a cable!

That if the drii,e is taken through the back springs, it, is as well—on a new model at any rate— not to put. tho spring shackles at the front.

Of a lady who attended aaMinistry of Munitions sale because she thought one of the dog washers advertised would be so useful for her terrier.

01a brand-new five-tonner of a very leading make for immediate delivery by the works at catalogue price—but that the offer was not open long.

That there is quite a strong reaction, against standardized show decoration, as the result of the difficulty of discovery of individual stands at the Salon and the generally monotonous, effect of the display.

That, until the novelty of it wears off, the average errand boy is more inclined to use his scooter for racing purposes than for the speedy delivery of me reh amens e. A lot of torque talk.

That prospects in India are rosy.

Of 210,000 wanted in the tyre trade.

Of a great lorry concentration at St. Om Ix.

That the Cubitt certainly is not the last word.

Of recent Dennis orders for 100 machines each.

That Mackie's retirement surprised very many.

That the torque Member has nothing to do with a M. P.

That there is much money to be made in the tyre re-treading trade.

That the prospect of a motorcycle road sweeper is somewhat startling.

That if your sense of smell is normal it is simple to locate a rubber works.

. That someone met a man the other day who had net invented the Tank.

That New Zealand expects every man(ufacturer) in England will do his duty.

That there is some demand in Europe for very big units to carry 8 or 9 tons. • That the rising of the loaf will not make bread a lighter item for the housekeeper.

That the passport fuss is so superficial that its utility is difficult to comprehend.

That Leylands have a bushel for sal—the • one they used to hide their light under.

That nobody quite knows how that remarkable Lancia, rear suspension takes the torque.

That to predict the surpassing success of a motorcycle road sweeper is a, sweeping assertion.

Of the revival of the unique Show Saturday Dinner during Olympia week—a gathering of early Wolseleyites.

Of the return to England of the man Who was with peer MacCarthy when he died so suddenly in Greece recently.

That the new Farman silent chain appears to be a great advance on existing designs in the matter of stretchability.

That it is becoming increasingly evidentthat an industrial show is necessary—in order to explain to the world that the British heavy vehicle leads the world.

That the following, from the across the herring pond, may find echoes on this side— Oh ! the clearness of its clearness when it's clear Oh! the queerness of its queerness when it's "near." But the clearness of its dearness And the queerness of its nearness Are as nothing to its beerness—when it's BEER.

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