One Hears—
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Of more self-contained ploughs.
That Stafford is very short of taxis. Makes us rather bear those ills we have. That there is a bullock shortage in India.
Of time-material-per-cent. miscalculations.
Of more dear old gentlemen being exhumed.
That unit construction is not making for unity.
• That paraffin will rise, but not to petrol's heights.
That for hint-taking this page takes some beating.
With reserve many things that are unpublishable.
That anti-aircraft painting is becoming more popular.
That more than one exhibitor is indebted to his customer.
That the shortage of labour increased it for stand attendants.
Of more shop-keepers knocking up Morris-Russell Knock-down bodies.
By cable that the tractor-plough is still. " right there" in the U.S,A.
That Barford and Perkins made the Russian roller —not the steam one.
That more ojl straining and jigging is to be done cal the score of economy.
" Good-bye " to much of what the " C.M." styled " back-parlour shell making."
That the Aveling and Porter sleeping van would be nice for a caravan holiday.
• That a grip and a grin each counts one up to the man who has them these days.
That Lord French was able closely to observe the National Guard Mechanical Transport.
Of more horses the next size smaller forced into use where it should be a ease of the next size larger.
That "The Motor" apparently overlooks the raison d'être of the L.G,O.C. motorbuses qua invasion.
That Sir Albert H. Stanley is busy as Chairman of the new Motor Transport Committee of the War Office. .
That the railway should be used to save innurnerable petrol-consuming jaunts by . Government " johnnies " in ears.
That the -Spencer-Moulton tire display is at 239, Deansgate, with Mr. Leo Swain at. hand, as the result of the necessary space cancellation at the " R oyal."
That as American and Canadian tractors hold together on sun-baked dry earth they should stand up to occasional use at low speeds on England's • splendid roads. Of bad men bulged.
Of good men not badged. • Of many changes to be.
Of small shell contracts cracking.
That char-h-banes proprietors can go on banking.
Marvellous tales of Japan's rush to the Russians.
That New York is really near Newcastle-on-Tyne.
That the field for agrimotor activity is Lincolnshire That Manchester weather is on its best behaviour That a certain large Coventry maker is going in for the plough trade.
That many people hurried to see the Daimler tractor . with " 6-in.-dia. road wheels."
That the Mexican-American frontier of some 2500 miles will take some guarding.
" Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
That the Petrol Control Committee is "at sea" as to the correct publicity methods.
That the smallest working petrol engine in existence is to be seen on Stand 196.
That some women munition "workers have to be handy at keeping the 'boys in order.
Of notices in Scotland reading "The motorbuses will only run when petrol is available."
That brevity in Show conversation is not this year compelled by machinery-in-motion exhibits.
That 'Makings per Albion W.D. lorries from Glasgow to London are again in force—in aid of war-fund treasuries.
That the .P.re-boxes of_ some three-ton loco-type steamers are already as big as those on many of the five-tonners.
That whilst Germany is short of food her organization and the docility of her people keep supply in excess of consumption.
That it may be 1923 before the A.S.C., M.T., and the R.E. have finished helping to rebuild Belgium and north-eastern France.
That the West End Autocar Co., 109, Jennyn Street; W., is selling a new motor spirit, which is supplied by Messrs. Leslie Allan and Co.
That after the war contractors to the Admiralty or the War Office will have to indicate its currency if the claim is to carry much distinction.
That Sir Edward Henry and the P.C.O. willingly approved seats for " conductorettes " once the design was agreed with the L.G.O.C.
That a King -two-fuel carburetter is being demonstrated on a Burfoid two-tonner by the Manchester Motor Co. (9, Victoria Street), during Show week.