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—The following Rumours, of which the Press Bureau has no Ceofirmation, but to the Publication of which, we imagine, it will take no exception.
" Merci hien."
That comforts come strong.
No wail from the one tonner.
"I should say," at the Savoy.
£32; £185; £250; 2325; £421.
That the " C.M." Fund is " 0.H.M.S." Of a scramble for Scouts and Palladiums.
That "sleeping gloves" is a new demand. That a driver needs to keep light fingered. That K.T. tyres will be made by the War. That the A.S.C. men are short of magazines. That now's the time for hooks and tow-ropes.
Of ten fresh three-ton models in preparation.
Will you not help us to reach four figures ?" That only the ammunition parks want matches. That track troughs have appealed to the Navy. That Mr. P. M. Sanders hopes to get to the Front.
That our new Want Card is both an eye and mouthopener.
That Germany had 90,000 tons of petrol in stock when war broke out.
That chain drives and wooden wheels characterise enany American models.
That the place of honour in a motor section is with the lorry that carries the tow rope.
That 150 Thames barges are being fitted at Deptford to serve as an emergency pontoon bridge across the Thames for motor transport.
That the sustained excellence of British motor transport has proved to be amongst the impanderabilia from the German standpoint.
That whilst some U.S.A. makers will not accept the risk of shipping motor lorries to Germany, others will not accept that country's orders.
That no ladies are at present allowed in French military ears, but that exception is sometimes made out of compliment to the British.
That under the Defence of the Realm Act the Motor Museum has been temporarily removed from the Crystal Palace to war quarters.
That A.S.C. drivers wish they had lorries to convey them between Cannon Street and Grove Park, while enduring the nine-mile journey in 40 mins. by rail, Of truck chasing and Chase trucking.
Of motorcycles in crates by motor lorry.
Of more legitimate " 0.H.M.S." badges.
That there is no duty on bonded asbestos.
Of buyers prepared to wait the W.D. finish.
Of others still going down in the size scale.
That Rovers are laying Maudslays, steadily.
Of fresh means to increase the " C.M. " Fund.
That the L.C.C. motor-ambulance service is almost ready.
That the business at some works will call for more capital.
That the G.W.R. is making large numbers of gun carriages.
That not every non-commissioned officer objects to a commissien.
That whilst the Germans are making tracks for the frontier, so are Bartle's.
That " British " will be of even wider significance still when the war is over.
That Coventry motor firms are turning out field kitchens and aeroplane darts.
That many patriotic women who have lent or given their motorcars now use motorbuses.
That the Admiralty isn't content to wait for delivery when the War Department has done.
That the Savoy Hotel is a busy warren of three-ton merchants and brokers from the other side.
That one spectator who read the placards "Albinos for the W.D." innocently asked " What regiment is that ?"
That the new word for " garage " in Germany is " Kraftwageneinstellraum," and that it serves them right.
That some makes of motor fire-engines appear to be almost exempt from accident, and others the reverse.
That some of our Indian troops are taking over horse-driving duties from English troops, but not so with any motors.
That the purely fighting sections of the military establishment seldom if ever sneer now at the transport and supply branch.
That not every motor lorry building for the W.D. will be used for accepted classes of transport, but that intended new applications of the motor arm are to be treated as secrets now.