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One Hears— That it. is time they woke up in Llanfairfechan.

6th June 1912, Page 3
6th June 1912
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Light Rail, Tram, Derby

That. some people in Lancashire are getting a twisting.

Of L.C.C. motorbuses coming if powers can be got in 1913.

Misconceptions and misstatements abont the Road Board.

That Manchester could do with a few motor road sweepers.

That insufficient money was raised to run a parade in Manchester.

Is copied widely, now, in principle, by journals in all parts of the world.

That it is as well to make a note of " One Hears" immediately one hears them.

That the Parade and the Museum were pretty good events for one and the same week.

That there are more hotel buses in Bath than in any other town of the same size.

That some of the Bath streets are reminiscent of the early Vanguard days in London.

That the White gain is the C.M.U.A. loss, but that a using qualification is a sine qthi nom That the dock and transport strike was nothing like so serious as the "Daily Mail " would have had us think.

That the use of motorcabs and private-hire vehicles, to and from yesterday's Derby, was an absolute record.

That all coal at the R.A.S.E. show next month will be supplied by Messrs. Bee, Bingham and Co., of Doncaster.

That Sir George Gibb nearly turned somersaults at The Motor Museum on Friday last while examining the mechanical oddities.

That the C.M.U.A. campaign to resist the pending attack by road authorities will have to be run until July or August, 1914.

That people who talk and write glibly of forming a new company to import and distribute petrol have not so far got any farther.

That tramcar advocates who think their tracks should be treated as holy ground will not admit. that they are often holey already.

That the C.M.U.A. marshal:, have this year been asked to retain their badges as souvenirs of their arduous duties lastMonday week.

That the National Traction Engine Owners and Users Association will be well advised to give way anent trailer tires, seeing how much damage can be done to their cause by . effects under existing regulations. Whacks on the tiamear-devotees backs. Agitated inquiries about petrol transport. Canada to-day—Mexico and Peru to-morrow.

That electric journalism does not like the motorbus sort.

That cement is likely to come into fairly-general use as a road binder.

That the R.A.S.E. will hold its annual show at Manchester in the year 1916.

That the Metropolitan Asylums Board has bought a motor-driven mowing machine.

That, according to Sir David Salomons, there may one day be an opening for a bath-bun museum.

That motorbus traffic during the Whitsun holiday was another eye-opener for other kindred interests.

That on Whit-Monday it is estimated that 3,000,000 Londoners travelled in mechanically-Propelled vehicles.

That Mr. George W. Watson will read a paper on vehicle lighting at the 1913 International Road Congress.

That there's a fortune for the individual or company that chooses to exploit provincial motorbus services intelligently, but that the scope for error is above the average.

That the opening of The Motor Museum was a pleasant function, and that members of the C.M.U.A. are admitted free to the 175-179, Oxford Street premises.

That the net profit on London motorbuses is now at the rate of 5d. per mile run, and that the margin for fare reductions is enough to make the tramcar backers shiver.

That. when 'Waring's mobilized their mechanical transport reserve on the 29th ult. they made some of their Oxford-Street neighbours quite jealous by the smartness of the turn-out.

Of preparations for certain large-scale advertising, by two of Great Britain's leading commercial-motor manufacturers, but that a certain one over here from America intends not to be out of it.

That the word " agrimotor" is not so new as was thought, as it has been used as a telegraphic code word by a well-known firm for some time past, but that it's none the worse for that.

That on the. drop curtain of a music-hall in York there appears the following unkind notice : " Why pay Is. a mile for taxis when you can hire a smart landaulet front a local garage for 8d. ?"

That Mr. A. Maynard Rowland, Manager of the Coventry Chain Co., was married on the 5th inst... and that-Mr.'Haeold Derby; District Engineer of the L.G.O.C., is to follow his example on the 29th of the month.


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