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Of the unspeakable" scot."
Of spring periodicity out of time.
Of Hereford and there a Fordson.
Of the return of the coaching days.
That motor shows are entertainments! Of extra early Germanation (in trade).
That Nichelson's laundry .tips are tip-top.
That Rotax rotation of output is to be faster than .ver.
That the new Cheshire motorbuses are quite the .heese.
That you should keep your bands sticking, but not )eeling.
That though cash may be spare, there is little spare :ash about.
That it was a little stone that knocked out the giant David'e day.
That Sentinel patent crank-cum-diff. is absolutely revolutionary IT.
Unjustified growls following a rebound of the " Bizmark " issue.
That the ideal agent should be able to sell anything but a customer.
That a true bon-mot for Mastery of (all) Transport would be "mess-alliance."
Of the pride of manhood, and of the still greater pride of a one-man hood.
" That's where the cylinder scores," as the dry oilsump remarked caustically.
That the " Extractor "ought to have withdrawn Scammells!'" split infinitive.'
His admittance, however, that the splitting up of " axleweight " so advantageously by that pioneer maker is really good biz."
That the overhanging heavy Cape-cart hood pulls out the back of many a char-k-bancs.
That it is difficult to be on good terms with the gentleman who relieves us of our money.
For instance, Gentlemen of the Road Control.
That the Germans are in the Savoy arid the Turks in the annexe, but the spirit of annexation is common to both.
That when the engine of a Royal Mail van is thudding badly, you shouldn't talk about "the postman's knock."
That London's Police Court prisoners resent "Black Maria." It's now to be : "Motor by ChoceIate-Coloured-Saloon.", That one need, not be a phrenologist to discover the exasperating bump (significant of deterioration) on the crown of the road.
Should the Army tell ?
That it most certiainly should, if it has got anything worth telling.
Some of our correspondents getting ' electric" shocks.
That the coal-owners really mean their opposition to unification of the stratification.
That motors can hardly be expected to run on alcohol when some among us find difficulty in. walking on it.
That the Government guarantee of profits to the railways is largely responsible for their poor earning powers.
The pious hope expressed that differences on the question of " battery " traction will not lead to assault as well.
That this would be most unfortunate because, to use anotheg correspondent's nomenclature, in the case of' assault and battery, the " spirit can," even if you can't, make the "smoke box."
That the " Inspector " has assumed the mantle of Jacky Fisher, but he lacks the deceased Admiral's fund of explosive adjectives.
That the Order of the Sacred Treasure, conferred by Japan upon Sir Marcus Samuel, is not, as nany . people have supposed, an order for petrol. • That a paper was read recently before a certain learned society which purported to give a recipe for the Industrial Millennium.
That the author of it used the common or garden (or sleeping compartment) flea, to ilhatrate 'his views on the causes of labour unrest, and had apparently studied the habits of the gentle creature very thoroughly.
That the motor industry is not without its own particular-fleas. Perhaps a few do not do it any harm, but there is a difference between a " flea " and a " tick."