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Of brush and wipe.
Of turnover on tick. .
Of the tyranny of tyres.
Of Pussyfoot and dry rot.
Of highways and low means.
Of an engine stuck up by gum!
Of common low-tension contacts.
Of the mass production of road rollers.
That Ford drivers can now be wafted by a Zephyr.
That over-eating and over-heating are both .bad _habits.
That grease is either dirt or not—according to wherc it is.
That some Sussex main roads make one sigh for an aeroplane.
It asked: "Where did the worm drive?" "To the ball-race."
Re tractors, that, prices having declined, farmers no longer decline them.
Of the pneumatic-tyred coach stealing the, patronage of its solid-tyred confrere. '
Of wonderful work by A.E.C. buses and coaches on the ups and downs of South Devon.
That, as a result of last week's Ford Van Pointers, there should be many a band snatched from the burning.
That, when held at Cambridge 82 years ago, the Royal Show occupied about 1-30th of its 1922 ground space.
That large pneumatics are popular amongst Devonshire coach owners, who find them very satisfactory in spite of tortuous roads and severe gradients.
That it is as well for a man to have had some acrobatic experience before undertaking conductor's duties on the coaches run on regular service in South Devon. Of a remark that tractor-lorries are all torque. That everything went swimmingly at the Royal.
Spread the load and Save the road—and the tyres."
That the -C.M.'s term "tractor-lorry" for the 6-wheeler has caught on. .
That the new Yorkshire has attracted the interest which we predicted for it.
And that it was rather like placing a wasp in a beehive.
Of a tip-wagon ordered by a monumental mason— because of increases in urgent orders.
That the Yorkshire stand at the Royal became a rendezvous for all interested in steam wagon design and manufacture.
That the new 6-in. Dunlop pneumatic tyre made on the cord principle for agricultural tractors should open up new possibilities.
That it looks good enough for motor coaches and buses, and even for goods vehicles.
That the petrol-electric will have. matters all its own way for fire-brigade tower wagons, but not by any ..means for fire-pumps.
Of a recent overhaul of a well-known make of wagon after two years of service, when the engine was re-erected without being touched, it not even being necessary to decarbonize.
That the difference between, 5 miles an hour for a lorry with a trailer and 12 miles an hour for the three-axled tractor lorry will enormously assist the development of the multi-wheel movement.