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Of travelling showrooms doing forty-five.
Of increasing interest In sleeve valves.
That steam and petrol help to feed horses. That some white lines need a wash and brush-up.
That service means more than a sign on the door.
That all coaches are not " safety " which claim to be: Of cunning schemes to prevent overdriving new engines.
That while the driver sleeps the horse will wander.
That even police courts have their humorous moments. 0 That courteous coach conductors cause continued comment. 0 That some pigs don't travel in " pokes " ; they prefer Sentinels. —o— That the wise user makes due provision for wear, tear and repair.
Of somebody who does not believe in the " reckless drivers" scare.
Of those who prefer dressed concrete and others who like it in the nude.
Of less and less unfriendliness towards motorbus enterprise in rural areas.
That quite a number of London motorbus owners are still repeating "What'll I do?"
It is not a far cry now to the revival of antidazzle, anti-freeze and anti-skid needs.
That sometime S when the Weather forecast says " Fine " it must be an abbreviation of "Fine rain."
That more and more of those who have traffic to arrange or despatch are showing their prefer ence for the road.
That agricultural communities will become more and more friendly to motor traffic as it further relieves their local and freight rates.
That Winston Churchill's disclaimer about "no intention to divert money permanently from the Road Fund" is merely political eye-wash.
That September 30th, in London, may be the date of the C.M.U.A. president's lecture on anti-dazzle research, and not October 7th, as was originally contemplated.
That it now takes even more ingenuity than is possessed by steam-wagon drivers to extract water for nothing from an approved and improved watersupply installation to which the only talisman is C.M.I.T.A. metal token.
This fragment :— "Out flew the tar and spurted wide, The road was splashed from side to side 'The cursed gum's upon me,' cried The van that caught the lot." Of German-American buses.
That a light vehicle may run in darkness.
That the trailer bar of a Scammell is less than nothing.
That tyre prices seem to be suffering from a blow-out.
. That brewery transport is not "all beer and skittles." 0 Of vehicles which sometimes exceed 5 m.p.h. with trailers.
That the roads round Olympia may ..not be up during the Show.
Of many close shaves—vehicles being used instead of razors.
That "Grit and do it quickly" is a good motto for road makers.
That breakfast, for bus drivers, is not an "unavoidable cause."
That some boiler tubes become "holy "—but not in the scriptural sense.
That the public will feel the increase in tyre prices—via bus tickets.
• That not all 1920 programmes are susceptible of settlement at the moment.
That there should be a home for drivers who run into stationary vehicles.
That there is practically no bus-route in the country free from competition.
.• Of a congdential order to a railway staff to study The Commercial Motor each week.
That careless Newport pedestrians may be able to be " repaired " on the spot by drivers.
Of a demand likely to be formulated for a road traffic tunnel under the Firth of Forth near Rosyth.
Of other Scottish ferries that motorists would like to see by-passed by road as at Ballachulish, and most of all the one at Strome.
Thal they are forcing more and more people to leave their motorcars behind them and travel by public-service vehicles in the central zones of the largest U.S.A. cities,
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"Thanks," said the customer to the manufacturer of the all-British one-tonner, as he pocketed his receipt and prepared to drive his van away, "I suppose the model's selling like hot cakes? " " Hot cakes! " said the manufacturer. "Well, you are as near right as you could well be. Why, in one rush week, a month ago, we were delivering chassis with the castings still hot I "