ONE HEARS ' Of some motor vans that take the biscuit.
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Of seating charges and standing charges.
Of the power mowea and more power on the farm.
That two tons of feathers still weigh two tons!
That this remark applies to .loads of theatrical scenery, which weigh more than one would think.
• That pieces 55 ft. long are often carried.
That the two-cylinder motorcab will soon be a thing of the past.'
That it's an ifl garage fire that brings no manufacturer any good.
That. many pneumatic-tyred fourteen-seaters are driven at far too high a• speed.
"I guess and kalk'late " almost anywhere in Britain just these few weeks.
From a Scot: "Whit was wrang 16' the passenger body that he needed aushioning.
That there will be at least three new 30-cwt. models shown at Olympia for the first time.
Someone suggesting that "Here's Ones" should be reprinted as a book of motor yarns.
That a 40-ton load recently passed through the City and had to pass over more than 200 subways.
That the small-pox outbreak at Gloucester has had a drastio effect on Many a touring char-a-banes itinerary.
Of an increasing demand for both smaller and larger motorbuses and of less interest in the machine of medium seating capacity.
That the placing of the light packages forward and the heavy ones over the back axle was not the only unintelligent point in " Jones's " loading of the Ford.
• 0 That some of the enormous circular tanks—part of the Gretna. factories' war-time plant—are being removed by road on Eodens with special two-wheel trailers.
That the London Chamber of Commerce is dissatisfied with the proposal to ignore goods traffic in the representation onthe, proposed London Traffic Advisory Committee.
That there is an enormous potential demand—as there has been for years past—for a tradesman's naotorvam—and that-the Ford. by no means meets all such requirements..
That an official "Please Drive Slowly" notice on a stretch of vilely pot-holed road—a not infrequent provision in the North—appeals to the distracted driver as almost an unnecessary warning.
That several of the "Warning Not to Use" notice boards in Cumberland are situated at the entrance to dangerous-looking, narrow and bad surfaced hillside tracks which would surely tempt few char-babancs drivers. Of bargain sales and counter attractions.
Of " patching " Sussex roads with unsanded tar.
Much argument in all quarters about taxi fares.
Of garage attendants being told still to get the four bob if they could.
That the Dennis street waterers look as if they might also serve as public baths.
That Devonshire's hilly high roads call for unusually sturdy bus chassis components—or alternatively, something of the Ford kind of thing.
That the buses and building burnt at Bognor' belonged to Southdown Motor Services, not to Mr. Chapman.
That there must be few roads of main importance in such disgraceful state as that between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
That a weekly average of ten serious accidents is maintained between Golders Green and Finchley on the Finchley Road.
That trains are said to be mainly responsible for this state of affairs That an invitation hasbeets received from the Italian Government for the next International Road Congress to be held in Italy.
That proposals are afoot to overcome some of the difficulties which arise in the conduct of these congresses, and to permit • of better tactics being pursued.
That the rubber-tyred trolley-bus has its own lighting problems, and that a trailing lightning conductor might be worth considering.
. Of a char-a-banca at Galashielalemblazoned with the name "Sour Plums," and maybe there is another one somewhere entitled " Sour Grapes."
As a comment on Mr.' Spurrell's suggestion, that not every householder would be strong enough to carry her dustbin out to the edge of the kerb.
That the police are showing keen interest at the moment in improperly lighted rear number plates— and particularly the prevalence of them on motorcycles.
That, if tarring of road surfaces is overdone or tarried out without consideration for traffic, one may not blame the Ministry of Transport, for it seems to have anticipated the troubles and to'have suggested precautions.