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"Trade's ahead "
To be followed by an acceptable fall of the plimsoll mark.
" Take the (trade) strain."
Of demands for well-filleted cranks.
That a pronounced jib is a decided asset on a big lorry.
Of motor licences, even, looking quite washed out " in the sun."
That the question. of interchangeability is always a fitting subject.
From -over -the Tweed: "Pay your fair scot an' lot, then there's nac muckle ill." • That the industry would welcome an increase of liquid assets as well amheaper fuel.
Queries as to the height of the editor's desk since too tall " stories only "reached" it.
That some readers said: "Better tall than noneat all! "
That Sir Eric evidently -thinks there's more money in soap than railways----and Cabinet activity.
Of type-symbols and hieroglyphics on drawings which only muddle up replacement orders.
That " theres some• sense" in removing the shackles of duty from empire-produced: alcohol.
From a correspondent, that the Patent Office is an institution for cooling the ardour of victims of enterprise.
That business has began with Russia., thousands of locks—from stocks—having been already paid for and shipped.
That Ford employees are continually receiving education in the principlesof safety first. So are most Ford owners.
It would appear, unfortunately, that creosote is content to be a " sleeper " partner, rather than an I.C.E. active a-gent.
That men have posed as criminals to get jobs in the Fordplant. Sounds like courting Black Maria in order to wed Tin Lizzie!
That it is net true that all Ford experts graduated in this way. Ask Mr, R. T. Nicholson.
Of the probability of ,a big run on carboys and vitriol, in the production of motor fuel—when the question of the pyrites can be settled.
That Henry Ford says: "You can't do anything with just money! " But he seems to be able to make quite a lot of cars with a little tin.
That Henry. Ford's ambition "to make men," as against the maple. making of machines and money I Our tame cynic remarks that he never could credit Henry with having the ambition to build cars—so that explains it.
Of a Liberty haul.
That Barcelona's road system is one of its toughest nuts.
That all good things speak for themselves and the Golden Pump prattles.
That you have to pump petrol if you're going to got anything out of it.
That "The inspector " regards the railway as a stick-at-nought juggernaut..
That it is nothing to the .detriment of a motor coach to be caught tripping.
That the new Marathon 30 cwt. van has made its first public appearance at Manchester.
That mechanical transport has had more to do with road construction than destruction.
Of a new undertype steamer froth Scotland a,nd the revival of an old one in London.
Nicholson on s' pare time and spare wheels with cutting comments on those who have neither.
That Norman E. Box has set the pace by rubbertyring the giant driving wheels on his traction engines.
Of a growing dislike of agricultural shows for exhibiting commercial vehicles, az-h. •that even the Royal is threatened.
That there are going to be some remarkable new models at Olympta in October and some radical departures in design.
That, what with the drought and the coal strike, steamers haven't had the easiest of times lately for fuel and water supplies.
That passenger transport developments on the road are, nowadays advancing much:more rapidly in the north -than_ in iihe south and south-west.
That the eight-in-line idea for multi-cylinder engines is an increasing tendency since last Olympia and that a new fire-engine is projected so equipped.
Queries as to why the restriction as to non-exhibition of chassis and cemponents is still retained 137 the S.M.M. and T. so far as " authorized shows are concerned.
That it is proving a little difficult to reconcile adequate strength, the limit in lightness, and maximum seating capacity so far as modern double-deck, multi-seated buses are concerned.
That there were nearly twice as many Fodens at the Manchester Parade as there were. of any other make, and that sorne of them were in magnificent condition after service of from 10 to 17 years.
. That the-burning of crops a-nd hedges during the drought, was sometimes caused by chimney-sparking from steamers on the road, and that such fires were generally speaking, confined to one side of the road only.