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7th August 1923, Page 3
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of T.T. races for lorries.

That a Grand Prix for three-tonrie s would afford good publicity.

That if such events were organized a class should be reserved for steam rollers!

Of a clever horse that made a bolt.

Of the congestion of •London's lungs.

Of Ford one-tonners being loaded with l tons. Of a proposal to start an 11.S.P.O.P.

Of a Multitude of multi-speed gears for the Ford.

• 0 Of front-wheel drive and " better be led than driven," .

That Croydon has decided to adopt the trolley-bus us system.

Of a suggestion for first and second-class taxicabS in London!.

That life mainly consists in taking orders--in some sense or other.

That many municipal bus undertakings are showing successful financial results.

Muth against the proposal to permit a.dvertiSernents to be displayed in taxicabs.

That in musical circles the latest type of General omnibus is known as the "one-step."

That there are 1,337 two-cylinder taxicabs still in ,service on the streebs of the Metropolis. • That a satisfactory vaporizer for paraffin is one of the most difficult devices to produce.

And that the Commer Car instrument appears to have overcome all objections.

That changing gear and changing money are not unlike, in that they both go with a bang!

That steam wagons, being water drinkers, should find more favour with Uncle Sam than thoSe, which consume spirits.

Of a French battery electric vehicle the driving motor of which may he used as a converter for charging purposes.

That no additional cost to the country will be involved in connection with the new police efficiency tests for London cabs.

Of the omissioif of the words "No Gratuitieit Allowed" on all house-refuse collecting vehicles fitted with " tipping " gears.

That it may come to this on the 'part of the char-b, banes passenger:— Four brakes and the world rides with you Two brakes and you ride alone. .

Of a •new Dennis double-decker bus which. has passed the Scotland Yard authorities and will shortly be seen on the London streets.' That Dearborn-borne is cheap-borne milk.'

Of hints of traffic control towers for London.

That the eight side-door van is a good dodge.

Of many rubber-roadway experiments under way, Of another fleet of buses for the London streets.

• Of fuel pumps in small villages which are little used.

Of farmer's who are ttirning to motor vehicles to 'cheapen transport costs.

Many people inquiring:" what has happened to • gas producers for lorries ?

That in view of the economy of such produces it would be interesting to know what retards their development. — Talk of surplus quantities of American tyres finding their way iuto this country.

Of German tyres imported into this country which do not bear the marking of their country of origin.

of an owner-driver referring to the engine of his lorry that took fire as an "infernal combustible" one.

That full details of the new subsidy scheme approv,ed by the Army Council will shortly be available.

That the •London to Scotland trip by motorbus revealed certain curious inconsistencie,s in the matter of fares.

That across America by motorbus may be the next extended road trip to be attempted.

That the further drop in railway goods rates is another blow to the road haulier which must be countered by strict edonomy.

Much talk of enforcing the.insurance of passengercarrying motor vehicles used on public service, this applying particularly to third-party risks.

That by using trolley-buses instead of reconstructing tramway tracks, as much as £10,000. per mile can be caved in many instances.

That it is wise on the part of local authorities to insist on observance of time-tables as a condition attendant on the issue of bus licences..

That the vublic are sometimes greatly inconVenienced through failure of buses to run to advertised times.

That the hand of the prohibitionist is at work in endeavouring to get certain municipal authorities to ban the -advertising of alcoholic liquors in public buses. . .

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Organisations: Army Council, Scotland Yard
Locations: London

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