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9th November 1911
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Taxicab

That the tube interests were at first perturbed by the petrol-by-pipe rumours.

That railway anti-strike preparations include the strengthening of all road-motor fleets.

That the Underground buying of the L.G.O.C. stock is, in some quarters, considered underhanded.

That some tire people have been saying there is not much extra mileage about a fire-engine.

That, although London has been partially taxicabless, one may still be seen on a stand at Olympia.

That those so-called " permits " on the taxicabs were an offence to the police and the public alike.

Of orders being placed for thousands of frames for motorbuses, and of inquiries for other thousands.

That some Englishmen who pay visits to America get eye-openers about the extent to which hospitality can go.

That most Americans who pay visits to England find the methods of entertaining less noisy and ostentatious than in the States, but nicer.

That Mr. E. Dorms,nn' late chief engineer of the Aron Taximeter, Ltd.. is leaving this country to take up an important position in Sweden.

That Messrs. Letheby and Christopher, who cater so well at Ascot, will again have the refreshment contract for the "Royal "—at Dones Rter.

That one horsed-cab driver in London took 47s. 6d. in one day last week, and that he had paid the owner Si. 6d. for the complete outfit for the day.

That the Tudor cottage at Olympia is twice over the pride of the fair, in that the ladies like to look at it and that its walls house " The Motor."

That whilst Toward's pressed-steel wheels have made their mark in the industry they have a happy quality of making very few mails on the road.

That London taxicab owner-drivers congratulated themselves upon the purchase, for 2s. a day, of freedom from the competition of over 5,000 machines. 4+ That horsed-cab proprietors, during strike times asked ,.C1 per day for a cab and two horses, instead of the 12s. with which they have of late been forced to be content.

That the R.M.S. " Mauretania" brought over the U.S.A. engineers in her accustomed fine style, and that the same run saw Mr. Underdown home again, but not Mr. Wilfred Egerton.

That the failure of the " Mauretania " to pick up the wireless message that the swell at Fishguard was adverse proved illuminating from the weather and underwriting standpoints when she safely steamed in there, at 2.30 p.m. last Monday, but that the passengers who wished to land and found no trains waiting were badly annoyed about it. all when they had perforce to proceed to Liverpool. That it is the Tillings-Stevens petrol-electric that Edinburgh has its eye on.

That the Malay Government does not intend to run motor services in future.

That the Continental Tyre Co, has original dm; ments to prove its 41,375 mileage record.

That Petters of Yeovil have had a good year and will again pay 5 per cent. free of income tax.

That a driver in the employ of a small London owner took £5 17s. in an 18-hour day last week.

That Burgess, the Channel swimmer, has bought 16 taxicabs, but that he is not likely to get out of his depth very easily.

That the L.G.0.0. has a traveller calling upon all known users of commercial vehicles with respect to those superseded chassis.

That there was a decrease of over 14,000 in the number of private horsed conveyances in use in Great Britain during last year.

That " Time is money" is the chosen top line on the cover of Halley's new catalogue, and that the inside pages explain the reasons why.

That Mr. Geo. Pollard denies the report with regard to the pulling down of the remaining houses on the "General" island, Kennington.

That good progress has been made by the C.M.C.A. and S.M.M.T. Joint Committee upon Bridges, and that the draft Bill will soon be sent to the County Councils Association.

That anybody who wishes to know a neat method and keep-white way of handling the contents of a photograph album should apply to Mr. Frederic Coleman of the White Co.

That the Royal Commission on Horse Breeding has now, after 24 years of establishment, ceased to exist, and that its duties are to be assumed by the British Archteological Association.

That heavy-traffic interests are keen to have Pertinscale bridge rebuilt, and that many people in Lakeland who wish to see more motor chars-it-banes hope the Cumberland County Council will do it soon.

That Messrs. Speyer and Co. have bought 85,256,000 of a particular Missouri Pacific arid St. Louis stock, but that nobody but themselves exactly knows what they have bought of L.G.O.C. stock.

That some peculiar writers imagine they are holding the mirror no to truth when they say that the L.C.C. tramcar traffic over Blackfriars and Westminster bridges has " not caused dangers and obstructions."

That Mr. W. Joynson-Illeks, M.P., has put into print, in the extra Show number of "The Motor" published to-day (Thursday), his views about the likely lines upon which new motor legislation may proceed.


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