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That fire is not the only cause of panic.
That the jobbers have been trying hard to hold up L.G.O.C. prices during the past ten days.
That the Regent-street bus smash will come before the Court of King's Bench on the 23rd inst.
That Mr. Frederick Thoresby is likely to be recognized as one of the best authorities on insurance law.
That the Tunbridge-Wells motorbus services are now so popular that people do not mind what fares they pay.
That Scotland Yard has by no means finished with that bus question. and that the C.O. is not easily pushed in matters of the kind.
That, in spite of tremendous " General " competition, the Metropolitan bus people are very muchpleased with their present traffics.
That C.M.U. A. parade entries without fine close tomorrow (Friday), but that later entries can be made in the terms of the published conditions.
That Mr. D. H. Simpson has accepted an important position on the technical staff of Hans Renold, Ltd., the famous chain-making company.
That nobody was more surprised than the Daimler people themselves at the way in which preliminaries were converted into rumours of readiness.
That rumours about the supposed invasion of this country by the makers of an American-corn-Canadian ruck should be assepted with a gramm of salt.
That some qualified critics in the motor world considex this page every whit as good as Mr. Punch's best Charivaria efforts, and more consistently bright.
That 00 may prove to be bottom in L.G.O.C. stock, but that the chief "Who isn't" man—a leading member of the commercial-motor industry in London—has covered his bear.
That Mr. E. Percy Beavan, the chief engineer of the }tome mechanical and motor departments of James Nelson and Sons, Ltd., rather fancies himself as an amateur photographer.
That the associated London cabowners recently had a large number of " payment-of-extras " plates ready for fixing in their cabs, but that at the last moment, Scotland Yard withheld permission. That there was a gathering of plug experts in Dunchurch last Sunday.
That the pet aversion of a well-known maker of sparking plugs is steam-wagons, and that there is obviously a reason for it.
That this journal's new trades campaign is bringing more, and more results, including a not-to-bedisregarded boost in circulation.
That motor-spirit importers are at a loss to follow why tire-bonus advocates do not take a lesson from the results of the short-lived bonuses on petrol-can seals.
That, whilst Birmingham people are glad to hear of the promised new road to Wolverhampton, they are very angry at the bad state of repair of that to Coventry.
That the C.M.U.A. vote of £25 towards the cost of opposing Manchester's application to Parliament for motor-traffic-control powers is much appreciated by Lancashire owners of motor wagons.
That certain noble lords on the Norfolk County Council, in vituperating the Road Board, recently disclosed their own crass ignorance of the powers conferred by the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909.
That drivers of vehicles which are entered for the parade will be allowed to book additional seats at the dinner, over and above the three seats which will be allotted free of charge per entry, and to do so at cost price—probably 2s. 3d. each.
That Mr. T. E. Harrison of the 0.M.U.A. is drafting a wonderful scheme of decoration for the Coronation adornment of Oxford Street from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch, with Waxing's premises as the centrepiece and masterpiece.
That Mr. Yeoman, of Canterbury, has entered a 30cwt. petrol van for the parade, and that this vehicle will be driven up to London fitted out with temporary seating aecommodation to convey additional drivers in his employ and their friends.
That ad. a mile is now the minimum acknowledged margin, before charging depreciation, between the cost. of A. London motorbus and its revenue, and that L.G.O.C. profits may accordingly reach as much as one million pounds sterling before any new company gets as many as 500 new motorbuses on the streets of the Metropolis.