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That ability to pay may conjoin disability to uSe. Speeches at times designed to• disguise intentions.
That organization is still largely delegation of authority.
There's much to come on but more to get off in motor legislation.
That it matters a lot which way the head of a motor vehicle lies. • Of more interlocking of provincial motorbus finance and routes.
That few drivers hold precisely the same views about tyre pressures.
That Motorbus companies like solitude of owning and solidity of loading.
That Wethered's triumphal celebrations at Marlow are fixed for Saturday next.
Of motorbus housing problems as new vehicles are delivered at uneniarged depots.
That whilst the tale of the motorbus must get longer its tail may have to get shorter.
That votes and those who study them have too much to do with the London traffic situation.
That petrolling is quicker than watering except where the C.M.U.A. metal tokens can be used.
• Wonder expressed as to why the " British " service in London is still worked entirely by small vehicles.
' That the employees in the motor trade are now voting strongly for the retention of the McKenna duties, A lady complaining that a Brighton sidecar taxi was decorated with flowers that "clashed with the coachwork."
That the Surrey County Council is preparing a list of roads proposed to be closed against the heavier types of commercial motors.
That the L.G.O.C. bus station at Wembley is at the moment minus its platforms, which, however, will not take long to place in position.
That if the A.A. were able by negotiation to ally the C.M.U.A. various things would settle down better aud present discord be allayed. • That the very mention of a red rear light makes most cyclists see red, and it would be better for them if -they let motorists do likewise.
That experiences are teaching some of the big motorbus companies what it has for years felt like to be one of the bigger railway companies.
That Lady Terrington has shown great acumen in pulling the right strings to help ameliorate the restrictions upon the use of Marlow Bridge.
Of brewers perturbed by the prospect that too big a policy of new arterial roads, instead of general improvement and strengthening of existing• highways, will cause much loss of custom. Good-byes to winter at last.
Of a super-mann at Beverley.
, Of the query " Shall we have never-stop buses?
• That the Leyland "Black. Maria" is less luxurious than a limousine.
That Wembley is ready, that it will not be ready for a month, that—.
That every road had its procession of motor vehicles on Easter Monday.
That the despised horse was not much in evidence.
That bus prospects are all sunshine, whereas tramway hopes are mostly moonshine.
That more remunerative fares for motor coach trips are being charged this year.
That an extra half-crown per head on the LondonNewmarket return coach journeys is making all the difference between a profit and a loss. • That dusty. roads and lusty loads were the most striking features of Eastertide coaching.
That nearly 50,000 people visited the 1923 Commercial Vehicle Exhibition at Olympia.
That at least NO times this number are expected to visit Wembley.
That very few letters patent in connection with motor vehicle design have made money for anybody.
That, as a matter of fact, they have caused a great many losses to inventors and exploiters.
That the Railodok battery-driven passenger runabouts at Wembley are proving very popular and that their garage is much admired.
That the words " pneumatic tyres " chalked on the blackboards announcing coach trips are found to draw custom and to fill the coaches.
Of certain dents in otherwise perfect bodies caused by the necessity for manoeuvring the commercial vehicle exhibits in congested gangways. _.
Someone asking of the c,velists if they wouldn't prefer to show red at night, the motorist's delight," to being " dead in the morning, a cyclist's warning.", —0 That Mr. E. L. Payton's letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (vide The Times, April 29th) should give the cue to other British commercial motor manufacturers.