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"Sam—you well l" That it's a put-up job.
Why not call it Bomb Shell?
Of the Gulf stream-line.
That petrol is ear...tanker-taus.
That Nature made oil and man makes turmoil.
"Too much gust in August "1 It was all gust!
That the C.M.U.A. new membership is booming.
Drivers say that tips are not so big as they are said to be.
However, that it's the unexpected who give them.
That the "r" in the month brings the oyster in the mouth.
Of several would-be kings of motor coach traffic organization.
That a lot of MT.. officers are for the East this trooping season, That The Kinematograph Weekly pleads for motor transport of films.
That a piano is said to be the latest accessory for the charade-luxe.
".Carry passengers on coaches—and not on your establishinent charges."
That the, labour problem at Slough is handled in a particularly able manner.
That the single-handed carrier of Smallwood's small wood must be some Samson, That' petrol and Isenzole prices are all too stable just now, with an upward tendency.
That a former compositor on Commercial Motor staff is now one of London's mayors.
That Dick Whittington is not the only mayoral instance of starting life in the right spirit.
That Mr. •Shrapriell-Smith has been invited to join several motor industry boards and is reported to be "thinking about it."
That some seaside towns must provide improved stage carriage stands for next season and had better . tackle the problem_ ACM.
That the anti-reciprocal clear out by Rees Jeffreys and friends versus H. J. Whitcomb and friends is nearly completed.
Of visitors to coast resorts who. Spend practically all their holiday on coaches, seeing the picturesque spots in the interior, and who almost entirely ignore • Ik the sea. That strikes are boomerangs.
Of tools down and Oxford Street up.
Of rows du Barry as the champion's colour.
Of more motor fuel to come soon fm' Sheffield. That "summer-time" is a misnomer this year, That the outlook is low living and dry drinking.
Of many Who think "A" type is also " the " type.
That with railway rates high, the railway rates low.
That there is not /enough good brake lining just now to go round.
That many business houses will neither expect nor issue a receipt in respect of any payments by cheque which an auditor can treat, when paid, as a voucher.
That there is no law requiring anyone to give or to require a receipt.
That Suffolk people pronounce cord " cool," and that the lack of it is generally pronounced "chilly."
That certain petrol companies who have paid huge dividends ought to be called to account for a 7d. rise.
That combination of petrol distributors means restriction of trade and traffic.
That it is a fair surmise that the rise in the price of motor spirit was not unconnected with the prospect of a coal strike.
That it was a curious coincidence that all the distributing companies of petrol and benzoic. came to their senses at the same momenta That the modern maze is the, labyrinth of by-laws and local regulations to which the motor coach proprietor has to submit.
That a set of standard by-laws and regulations for motor coaches should be laid down and adopted by all local authorities.
That departures from the.standard set be only permitted when the local circumstances are exceptional.
'That the Ministry of Transport should take this matter in hand..
That the generic term of " Chapmanites " has come to be adopted, at certain West of England hotels, for motor coach tourists.
That the need is becoming 'urgent fori a motor coach proprietors' section of the C.M.U.A. to tackle the Prohlems that now beset that important branch of 'transport.
That the guests stopping at certain West of England hotels consider themselves a cut above those who are __touring by motor coach and want their dinner over before the tourists sit down.