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Of many a: London ratite uprooted.
Also that its easier to get cross than across.
— 0--• Of Motor Taxation as a crux point in the Election.
Of the unwanted steel-studded tyre' on London taxicabs.
That the steel-studded tyre is fast dying out and. that Scotland Yard is not yet aware of the fact.
That the travelling public in Melbourne will be well borne.
Congratulations to the Birkenhead Corporation on
that nice big. profit on their buses.
And the query, " Why can't they all do it? "
That "Safety First" is being a badly-Used and much overworked phrase during this Election period.
That candidates are not being sufficiently pressed upon the question of reform of motor vehicle taxation methods.
Of an increase in winter chars-alaanes trips to counter the decision of the railways to run winter excursions.
That the semi-elliptic spring for all. heavy-vehicle work is a redoubtable and well-entrenched opponent for new systems of suspension to displace.
That there are as many snags as there arc new devices for absorbing road shocks. .
That transport has come under the Office of Works--a clear indication that road construction and improvement have become the raison d'être of the Whitehall institution and that the.. control over railways, for which is was really formed, has passed from it. Much of price cutting among agents.
And that The-Motor Agents' Association, Ltd., consider that stringent measures will have to be taken effectively to deal with the offenders.
Of smaller wheels for large pneumatics. Of still further tractor-lorry developments.
Of electioneering and the Election nearing.
Of a bracket that has the cheek to take an A.E.F. spring.
Queries as to exactly what is meant by the term "utility vehicle!'
Of unusual forms of springing on some types of American buses.
Of lapping crankcase and other faces on cast-iron turntables instead of scraping them by hand.
0 That. Sir Erie Geddes has gone to the States with Sir George Beharrell to look into Dunlop financial details there.
That the A.E.O. agents' convention proved most enjoyable and instructive, and was much appreciated by all who participated.
That the flooding of the commercial-vehicle market by the ex-Service lorry has caused designers to neglect the 4-tonner and to concentrate on the extremes as exemplified by the light or medium weight vehicle and the 10-ton tractor-lorry.