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That a baker's dozen is not always thirteen.
Of the village blacksmith as a back number.
Of provincial taxicab fares under discussion.
0— Nothing about the Channel tunnel in these days, That it would, if completed, be an excellent thing for . coach proprietors.
That winter travelling in an open coach is a bit of a, frost.
About motor coach trips round London starting this month.
That one needs grit to travel over some of the northern roads.
• Strong comments on the vagaries and severity of the Scottish climate. —0— That a new and tougher rubber is used in the latest Clincher tyres.
The query :—" What will become of the hay when the horses cease to bel " Of the value of the motor vehicle in -connection with new housing schemes.
' Of unnatural optimism as to a revival of horsebreeding for .haulage purposes.
Sympathy for the Pressman who intended to write up the Show from a catalogue.
Of overseas fire brigade authorities making a study of London F.B. methods of organization.
Of applications to install kerbstone petrol pumps being turned down wholesale by local authorities.
Of an altruistic garage proprietor executing repairs at cost price, " to prevent .unemployment."
That many provincial taxicabs stand idle the greater part of the day asa result of excessive charges.
• 0 That Shap Fell proved a sore trial for many of the vehicles which went to Scotland, and that even a Rolls turned back.
• That the Republic divided winter top, which renders possible a wholly or partially enclosect vehicle, was the result of a lucky accident.
That Fleet Street moves with the times, going from post to post to chronicle the news with the aid of the motor, which is now its standard vehicle.
That motor vans have almost entirely displaced the one-time well-kept horse service of a popular London-Manchester newspaper proprietor and racehorse owner.
Rumours to the effect that we shall soon be having Diesel-engined aircraft and that experiments are in progress to this end in France and Germany as well as England. • Of freezing out the driver.
That the super-cushion tyre is a star turn.
That Kelvin Hall was not the warmest of places Thatthe extraordinary case is all Butt finished.
That road transport can still quote competitive rates.
That many feel called to become traffic managers, but that few are chosen.
• — 0 — That that Diesel-engined lorry may not be so far off, commercially, after all.
That the Minsirels' motor, though backward in coming forward, is decidedly go-ahead.
That a good many business " butterflies " will not emerge from the chrysalis stage this season.
That "Vim's" suggestion of keeping a gadget book is worthy of every agent's consideration.
That some country contractors are encouraging private ownership on account of their charges.
That, to the manufacturer, it doesn't matter—it is, in fact, all to the good. But it is killing the goose that lays the contracting eggs.
That the -recent dirty weather has once again directed attention to the mud-splashing nuisance.
That -" milk by air, from byre to buyer " would make a good slogan for a milk-carrying air service.
That the picture of Smith's commercial electric lighting system is strangely suggestive of an inebri ated octopus. • That if a man who has lived with a pessimist is an optimist, there will be a lot of optimists about in a few years' time.
That a pessimist is said to be a man who has lived with an optimist. The difficulty is to find the optimist to live with.
Of a good policy for those hotel proprietors who wish to get their share of motor coach patronage this year—Tariff Reform.
That Clincher cords are being made, but that they -will not be placed on the market until thorough road tests have been concluded.
That they are making big efforts in the Stales to push aluminium in automobile construction, and that in a year or two there will be much more of this material on the average American vehicle than there has been in the cast.