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The following Rumours, of which the Press Bureau has no Confirmation, but to the Publication of which, we imagine, it will take no exception.
To see, or not to see ?
Of "Business unusual."
Of "shells and shan'ts."
That canopies will go higher.
That the Road Exhibition fell awkwardly.
That Morocco will soon be infested with roads.
That the seats of some steamers are now DO more.
Of raised footplates and lengthened steering columns.
Of a cement track for motors, with switches, etc., where needful. _p That users' evidence will not, be taken by the L.G.B. Committee before September.
That more than one list is being made at many works for use after the war.
That there's an opening for another good two-cylinder engine if delivery can be given.
That one function of the Zeppelins is to try to find out how German submarines are sunk.
That freights from New York to Liverpool on threeton chassis were lately ruling at 295 each.
That there will still be an outcry in northern cities if loading over the side is rendered impossible.
That Cant. Cecil Brunner, the chairman of Foclens, Ltd., gets leave from his regiment very seldom.
That if the second man on a steamer has a driver's licence he can also claim to share the view responsibility.
That Q. M. Owen (of Maudslay's and the 6 Amm. Pk.) was on short leave last month and paid us the first visit. Little saying, but much doing.
That the new Foelen water-tank is a forward move.
That the Calodon three-tonner drew well at Wollaton Park.
With regret, of the temporary indisposition of Mr. W. H. Willcox.
That Saunderson's is the scientifically-correct drawbar arrangement.
That a fair day's work for a steam-ploughing set is from 10 to 12 acres in 12 hours.
That it took Daimler's nearly a month to get W.D. permission to show at Nottingham.
That the man who makes money is the one who orders largely before prices go up.
That it took a trifle more than eight months to get from £32 to 25000 with. the Comforts Fund.
That Capt, Frank Garrett was unable to leave Suffolk, having been ordered a six-months rest.
That the only important thing in agriculture which did not want last week's rain was the "Royal."
That the Nottingham City Council remains in the bad books of thousands of visitors who looked in vain for tramcars.
That the "Royal" Report Issue of the " was on every motor and allied stand in the Show last week by 9 a.m. on the opening-day (Tuesday).
That Mr, T. D. Pullinger., Atrol-Johnston's. exhibited at Nottingham without the consent of .,the S.M.M.T., but that it was in the cattle section, where he carried off a prize.
That conclusive proof of " driving " by a steersman. was recently given in Yorkshire, when a wagon was annarently mesmerized by a tree while the nominal driver was stooping and stoking.