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Not everything, but nearly so. , The snores of the London commercial-vehicle show.
That the " K.P.L." is being redesigned by Brockbank.
Wonderful reports about the Southey producer carburetter.
That Leylands are now turning out chassis at the rate of 300 a year.
Of railway companies at grips with their holiday traffic—road motorists included.
That the Commercial Motor Users Association will soon be made an incorporated body.
That Patrick Ilearne's motor department has taken a new lease of life on char-h-bancs lines.
That all new L.G.O.C. chassis from Walthamstow are and will be identified without trouble.
That the surface of many a so-called good road in America somewhat resembles the bed of a river.
That, as it might be confusing, no "Drive near left kerb" plates will be put up with their backs towards circuses. That tire makers are feeling the need for standardization on such matters as rim diameters, bead dimensions, etc.
That tar-bound macadam will be used the next time the Borough of Kensington re-metals Queen's Gate, and none too soon too.
That the Daimler people are now wondering if rigid steering gear really is the best form to be used upon tractors that are intended to work over rough ground.
That late delivery is bad, but that no leading maker is really worse than he has to be, and that each is inspired by the belief that it will be all right when 1912 comes in.
That China is a bit jealous because it has not been given a " C.M." supplement in its own language, in keeping with the treatment of Japanese and Russian interests. • • That scores of American designs for trucks have reached the drawing-board stage, that only some of them have proved right for the road, and that quite a few have yet to be "tried out" in service. * * * Mixed opinions about the taxicab report, but that incidentally the drivers are jolly sick to see THE COHMEECTAL MOTOR 1910 estimate of the daily average yield from " extras " officially confirmed once more.
That the War Office means to try to get along without hiring any light tractors for this year's ma menvres, but that it is not quite sure about it.
That David Brown and Sons, Ltd., has already built 18 power and transmission units for tramcars in Karachi, that 24 more are in course of erection, and that each unit consists of a 25 h.p. Lucas-Valveless engine and a special form of change-speed gearbox.
That Mr. H. Lyon Thomson visited the land of his fathers, Scotland? contemporaneously with the King, and that he participated—as a member of the Royal Corps of Archers—in all the big functions.
That many established motor manufacturers who have long done a large amount of business on the deferred-payment system now find the trade in such a healthy state that they can afford to decline such business and leave it to London stores and dealers whose organizations are specially suited for it.