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" Potentia vincit omnia."
Of lots left to be done in body design.
That the money's on the passenger side.
Of good bus and coach seats as pride of place.
That the Chancellor remains a law unto himself.
That trams are to go from Gravesend to the grave.
That things seldom now go wrong with petrol pumps.
That the best in petrol gets the better of the worst in it.
That nothing so dwarfs the small car as does the big six-wheeler.
Of cheery gatherings reund the camp fires of the British tyre industry.
That railway shibboleths are being increasingly disbelieved by the public.
That useless regretting in mechanical transport never made anything anew.
Of connected services dotted about most of this season's mytorbus time-tables.
Of few uncounted or unaccounted drops in the swelling ocean of motorbus revenue.
That not one motorbus service in 500 is, in fact, worked on a headway interval.
That the glad bus has many sitting supporters—and at times others who stand by them.
That there are plenty of figures but no figureheads about successful motorbus companies.
That in warm weather it is better to over-lubricate than under-lubricate—but not with throat-oil.
That it will not be long before the six-Wheeled double-deck bus appears onthe London streets.
That, whilst one good turn deserves another, one with the starting handle usually gives birth to millions.
That grumblers who felt they were done out of a job by Easter weather are now working overtime to make up their losses.
That there should not be much more delay over the issue of the new Construction and Use Order in respect of rigid-frame six-wheelers.
That the modern steam wagon with effective superheating is being increasingly recognized as a .very superior product to its prototypes. Of no motor coaches being Segra.vized.
Of fewer and fewer dark Motorbus journeys.
That there's soon to be more to be busy about.
Of worms which turn petrol into money via miles.
That all buses run tho' winds be fiercely blowing.
Of millions of new passengers weekly by motorbus.
That it is the, long-distance fare that counts in the bus business. 0 That one needn't go far in Sussex to find hills for br-ake testing.
Of a horse-box where three horses were placed and the motor also ran.
That the weather sometimes is not so black (or white) as it is forecast.
That the man with his tongue in his cheek generally has cheek in his tongue.
That few municipal authorities look with favour upon the swing arm for fuel supply.
Of transport muddles in Dublin because road regulations are also in a free state.
That the adoption of streamline (edge) filtration is proving the equivalent of striking oil.
That a new method of traffic signalling, somewhat similar to a sehenie adopted in parts of America, is to be tried at Brighton.
That more team work on behalf of steam in making known more widely its power for road service might not miss the mark nor come amiss.
That on proper notice being given visitors may be introduced by members to the Birmingham Congress meetings of the Institute of Transport on May 19th and 20th. 0 That H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught will be admitted to the Livery and Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers at a special Court to be held on May 3rd.
Of the wise man who, having recently acquired a garage site in Sussex, had his petrol tanks put in and pumps erected at once and raked in the shekels during Easter week-end.