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7th May 1914, Page 3
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That this page frequently sets people thinking.

That rural postmen are waiting for their parcelears.

That most men in the industry are finding it easier.

That its catch as catch can in the second-hand trade.

That all the Central motorbuses -will soon be B types.

That creosote is well on its march, while alcohol is still at the base.

That an electric light van is not necessarily an electric light van.

That it's not always the cute salesman who gets the chance to execute.

That Pratt's directors will also come out of their shell and motorize.

That the Goodyear Tyre Co. recently produced over 10,000 tires in one day.

That the battery people are certainly not suffering from electro-magnetic inertia.

That the Warrington Corporation's motorbuses are to be fitted with side lifeguards.

That 31argate is ruffled just now about fire-engines, as an alternative to the east wind.

That the chief reward of enterprise is to enable one's competitors to improve their methods.

That it is remarkable how soon the aspiring writer on commercial-motor topics runs dry of themes.

That Madras Corporation must feel nervous when it demands £20 deposit with each fire-engine tender.

That if the L.C.C. tramcars bore not a penny other than ellottrieal repairs for track maintenance it would not. save them.

Sighs of relief from the industry, even if only temporary ones, on Monday evening, when Mr. Lloyd George sat down.

That one Sunday bus service in the Midlands was stopped by the police because too many people wanted to use it.

—0 That, as the latest gyro takes twice as long to start as it does to stop, it may be stopped before it starts on the last run home.

Of an Argyll sleeve-valve engine which has given its " full power during two years and actually more power towards the end of the time." That the parcelear leads the van.

That studies in coachwork cost yet pay.

That the W.O. is on the build as well as the make.

That the brighter the polish the better the inspection.

Several unsettled claims to " biggest " and " oldest."

That Leyland's are not bad manufacturing profits for 1910-1913.

That the "Little Briton" intends to spread over Great Britain.

Of a gentleman who inquired what was usually grown in a magnetic field.

That "£40 for 3s." may be made from a small advertisement in the " CM."

That the annual report of the Road Board may be published eight' weeks hence.

That a 'Russian manufacturer has a patent " on England" of which he wishes to dispose.

That Mr. A. Aldersley Taylor and Mr. S. S. Nevill are about to start a general registry office.

That it might pay the L.G.O.C. on some routes to copy the L.C.O. in respect of junior top-deck conductors.

That Mr. Herbert F. L. Funke, the U.S. A. representative for the Coventry Chain Co., Ltd., is on a business visit to England.

That battery-vehicle men are now wondering why they did their best to throttle the one investigator on the Electric Vehicle Committee.

That lots of people wish to draw attention to worse road waves than those in Rosebery Avenue—but we are quite satisfied with those we have.


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