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More _good-byes to the petrol tax.
That the Guy cap is a cheque cap.
That steam goes quietly but assuredly on.
That the end of springing is not yet rea,;hed.
That nerve strain in London will not grow less. That our roads will cost us less per vehicle by 1925.
That France is beginning to realize what she has left.
That Col. Crompton promises to be just the same at 80.
From Ireland of an inventor who is as hare-brained as a rabbit.
That more double-deckers are to come on not a few country roads.
That visitors from -the Provinces exceeded those from the Metropolis.
That T.S. is becoming known as short for the Tested Savings chassis.
That the other fellow is to be chased more than ever on many motorbus routes.
That amongst the hardest things to do to-day is to establish a new carburetter.
That there might well be more cut-flower traffic by motorbus at good paying rates.
The Skotch"' inviting hauliers to the table and providing them with food for thought.
That Sheffield has been Jiving on little more than its traditions during the past two years.
Of a long and a short controversy going on about motorbuses, as well as a. high and a low one.
That the Home Counties will absorb a further 3,000 motor buses with ease within the next three years.
That the London Traffic Bill will not be so easily steered home as was thought, and that it is postponed anyhow That, at the Show, Mr. Brandes smelled with prideof the-Carrimore six-wheeler, to such an extent that he nearly filled it.
Licensees asking if an improved measure of franchise for omnibus services may not lead to a statutory basis of maximum profit.
That the best mnemonic for Mr. Baldwin's five Plymouth points is " P.C.F.R.S."—peace, capital, foreign (competition), rural (revival), standard (of living succour) _ That the general manager of the Manchester Corporation Tramways may shortly ask his Committee to sanction an independent expert report on joint working with motorbus undertakings around Cottononolis. That rubber will often outlast iron.
There's plenty more money in heavy motors. • Of worsted work and wasted work_ at Bradford. That stability is coming in place of tranquillity., That the countryside is rapidly becoming the busside.
Of alleged refusals where there had been no proposals.
That traffic block S mean loss of time—which ix mo,ney.
That there were at least three best sellers at Olympia.
That the pessimist Wasn't far wrong in his fore cast of Show weather.
Of numerous -big orders for 1924 motorbus and motor coach extensions.
That backilig the wrong horse is not unknown in commercial motoring circles. —0 That the better the coachwork the better the work prospects for the coach.
That the tarred road is frequently the forerunner of, the powered vehicle in larger numbers. • That the passenger side continues happier than the goods, but that both have touched bottom.
That the report of the Motor Taxation Committee may include several convincing appendices.
That no railway planning or scheming will be of avail against the public determination to preserve a choice.
That no higher taxes are wanted, but that the "big 'uns " may have to bear a bit more before they shed any.
. Of growing demands for motorbus services through the area-s now covered only in part by the South Lancashire Company's electric tramcars.
That the police invariably overlook that all the largest limousines and landaulets are in reality heavy motorcars., in that they weigh more than two tons unladen, and are only legally entitled to a maximum speed of 12 m.p.h.
That the equally absurd limitation in trailer speed might equally usefully be overlooked.