Out and Home.—By "The Extractor."
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At me Electrical Exhibition, in .Manihester, last month, I made the acpaintance of Mr. John Kerr, of the inn of John Kerr and Company, 49, ;Guth King Street, Manchester, and I vas much impressed by the simplicity nf action of the Underwriters' Fire Exinguisher. The model I examined was or use in motor garages.
A personal friend of mine, who runs commercial traveller's car, and who las a scent as keen as a Seotchman for mying in the cheapest market, waxed nthusiastic to me, a short while ago, .bout the wonderful value of Butteryorth's oil ; he is a man who fully .ealises how important it is to use eally good oil in a motor, and is one .f the most successful drivers I know. see Butterworth's claim to be " one f the oldest, if not the oldest, lubricat lg manufacturer,: in the United (ingdom." Their address is 51, North ohn Street, Liverpool.
I had occasion to look in on Dennis frothers, Limited, at Guildford, last reek, and Mr. Raymond Dennis, knowag what line vehicles he had on the tocks, said with proper pride that he could like to show them to me. Now, there is one thing more than another hat thrills me with commercial joy, it ; the sign of business about, so I was Don seated in a 3511.p. Dennis, and was Itisked off to the Torrey-Alexander uilding out in the country, for it will
e remembered that Dennis Brothers ought the Revivalists' tin cathedral then the mission was over, and rerectal it outside Guildford. Here, I mild two 3o-cwt. vans for the service
f Maw, Son and Son, two mail vans !adv for :Messrs. W. Puttock and Sons, )1use between Camberley and Earnam, another van In repeat order) for
Spirit, and—this is carrying )al to Newcastle two vans with open_ igs at the sides fur J. and P. Coats, F Paisley. I see that the Dennis Cornany makes all i:s own van bddies, and pparently con tackle any design. At ist I gazed on the fire-engine, which had unsuccessfully chased at Sheffield nue wceks earlier, and which is now Ild and is about to be delivered to the radford Corporation.
After this, it was what has been Toughdescribed through the ages a " stone's throw " to Drummond rothere, the tool manufacturers, at N-cle's Hill, and, Paris Road Congress
permitting, I will have something to say concerning this visit next week.
It was Lord Curzon who invented the failllills expression " intelligent anticipation,and that, I think, must be the explanation for conferring a " title " on Mr. H. Kerr Thomas, of J. and E. Hall, Limited. It has drawn a delightful letter from him, and I quote a portion of it :—" I am much concerned as Its what possible fate may overtake me within the next few days. In the notice which the Editor kindly gave to some of the products of my firm on page [34 of the "No. 189" issue of ' THE COM NIERCLU, MOTOR, there is appended to the name of my unworthy self the initial \LI. A. E. T do not know whether these have any special signification of which I am not cognisant, but I believe they convey to the man in the street the information that I am a member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers. Unfortunately, I cannot lay claim to any such distinction, and I feel that, in justice to the members of that respected society, it is necessary to correct in some way the erroneous impression which has thus unwittingly been given."
It reminds me of the experience of a Huddersfield man, who was up in town for an exhibition, fie was asked to sign the register at the hotel, and, as he found the previous sig stories were ornamented with various additional letters, such as M.A., M.P., and so on, he carefully anti laboriously
.added after his own signature eight Capital " Bs," and -triumphantly explainer], when He was asked what they signified — Best Blooming Bugle I3lower in Berry Brow Brass Band. What's in a name, and what's in a handle to it?
Mr. F. Bernhard Samuelson, one of the directors of Tasker's, of Andover, was in attendance at the company's exhibit at the Brewers' Exhibition, and he seemed well satisfied with the business done. The first scare of the Licensing Bill seems to have evaporated, and brewers are placing orders again. It arose, naturally, to my lips, to ask Mr. Samuelson—who, by the way, is stationed at 165, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.—if he was a connection of the well-known Banbury firm, and it appears he is a nenhew of Sir Bernhard. All the Samuelsons take a real interest in heavy motors.
It has been suggested to me by some young friends, who seem constantly filled to overflowing with " misinformation," that " Out and Home " clid not appear last week because I was taking an extra week's holiday. Ah! " if youth but knew." The grindstone was revolving as steadily as ever; my nasal organ was in juxtaposition; and the " copy "—only just decipherable, perhapswas in the Editor's hands in time, but the four-page "abridgment " of the report of the Paris Road Congress crowded it out. That decides me on the Entente Cordiale question : I have finished with the French.