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The Henry Howler very seldom—if at all.
That the C.M.U.A. has affiliated with the R.A.C.
That " Continental" solid-rubber tires are booming.
That R,enold chains and Peter-Union tires won Grands Prix and other honours at Brussels.
That the high percentage of Colonial inquiries for our "Answers-to-Queries Department " is welcomed.
Good news about " The Dominion and Overseas Special," and that it does not intend to let itself be overlooked.
That more than one really-good new motorbus company for London is on the stocks, arid nearly ready for launching.
That the new official plaeques for the W.O. subsidized motor vehicles are of handsome design, and that they are now in the maker's hands.
That each British battleship and cruiser may soon carry Admiralty-owned road motors for special purposes, and that several hundred petrol railcars are to be ordered for use in the dockyards.
That Metropolitan Borough Councils are beginning to formulate their claims upon the Road Board for allocations from the yield of £50,000 per annum in respect of the petrol tax upon London-used motorbuses.
That the reason why an important northern Municipality makes but tardy progress towards the adoption of motors for its cleansing service is, that the Chairman of the Committee is a leading jobmaster and forage contractor.
That the S.M. steam-omnibus chassis which is to be tried by the L.G.O.C. is now engaged on its preliminary trials, and that the Fournier device with which it is fitted for the regulation of the temperature of the superheat is' working excellently.
That many owners of tractors are heartily disgusted with Treasury niggardliness, that the " cut " from 20 days' hiring to only four or five is resented, that there will need to be an improvement of terms to secure renewals of registration. and that even Mr. Lloyd George will not like the hubbub that. will be raised before long. That a 5 h.p. paraffin engine is, in some quarters, supposed to be sufficient to drive a whole shopful of machinery.
That not a few members of the industry do not want the show at Olympia, but that they intend to spread themselves.
That many of the hired transport horses returning from the manteuvres last Sunday had to be dragged behind the agons, a.nd that this was a case of putting the cart before the horse with a vengeance.
That the passage of the several thousands of heavily-laden horses over the roads in the manoeuvre area, in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Berkshire, has ruined the surfaces of many untarred roads in those counties.
That Clayton's Huddersfield-built vehicles are steadily winning their way southwards, and that hill-country achievements round about their place of origin justify claims for longer life and very-small repair bills in easier territory.
That facility of touch between the Letchworth factory and the Lacre Co.'s new London dep6t, which the proximity of the York Road office, quarters and depot to the G.X.Ry. main line will aid, will be a useful factor in the change.
That a certain officer of a line regiment, who was in search of information, and who was puzzled by the loud crackling of the oil on many of the steam tractors during the manoeuvres, asked what fuel they were running these machines on.
That French money can now be had for London-conceived enterprises without the old-time stipulation that French makers are to have the orders, and that the oldest precedent is found in the history of the London General Omnibus Co.
That there is a demand in certain of the Colonies for small trailers, each with a platform of about 8 ft. by 5 ft., for loads of from 10 cwt. to 1 ton, in order that raw cotton and other bulky but light loads may be carried on them behind rubbertired petrol lorries of the two-ton models, and the net load thus brought up to a paying total weight on all the trips.
That the use of Ferodo upon numerous types of friction surfaces is extending amazingly, that not a few motor engineers now see that they made an error in thinking lightly of its wearing and other qualities when it. was first brought under their notice, and that its life is proving to be anything between three and nine times that of metal, leather or wood blocks.