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The following Rumours, of which the Press Bureau has no Confirmation, but to the Publication of which, we imagine, it will take no exception, Of a famine in lamp-candles.
That Shoreditch got into the Customs tariff ditch over its motor sweeper.
That the maintenance of Oxford's motorbus services and terms remains a, local wartime problem.
That the missing link between Dover and Folkestone is costly to circumvent and too costly to rebuild.
That not one man but many men have been " made " by using the classified-advertisement pages of this journal.
Of certain local-authority magistrates as being " gorged with success, idle, inefficient and indifferent."
That the war inertia, largely wanting. has not yet disturbed every vir because sparks and leaders arc That some communities have at last though very tardily realized the fact that the greatest war in history is in progress.
That it's better to stop a motorbus service over unsafe roads than to go on with added risks imposed upon them for no added revenue.
Of U.S.A. 21-ton trucks still in depot in London after months of storage following importation in the expectation of their being commandeered.
That " C.M." petrol-rebate application-forms, to cover the originating signature at any garage that duty has been paid, are selling (at Is. per 100) like the proverbial hot cakes. That there's snow doubt about it.
That woollen scarves are warmly received at the Front.
Of pourparlers between Woolwich and Erith about motorbuses.
That Sourer will find it uncomfortable on both sides when the war's over. .
That " M. of M." supervision of petrol distribution is nearer than in the air.
That Edinburgh taxi-owners arc hopeful of success in the matter of increased fares.
Each motorist asking the other—" Will you get. a certificate to run a private car ?"
That used " C.M.'s," handed over the P.O. counter, will be forwarded to the troops free of charge.
Of motor lorries doing their•teSt runs under loads of groceries, in order to help fcod distribution.
That there may be a boom in trailers for use behind utility vehicles which are not Heavy Motor Cars, That the official National economizers have specially earmarked the London Traffic Branch of the B. of T.
From Mr. W. Turner Smith, that this journal's Campaign Comforts Fund is "fully meriting all round the appropriate name for such a good cause."
From the "Sutton Herald," of an L.O.C. conductor who " saw the motor lorry with the tyre off the back wheel some 50 or 60 years before it reached the scene of the accident."