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Not much of the 100,000 crush at Rusholme.
That there is a tendency unduly to increase the length of some models.
That some of the Wood-Milne steel-rubber exhibits are uncannily like human scalps.
That a few short speeches would have been acceptable after dinner on Thursday last.
That a large proportion of the heavy exhibits at the Show were shod with Polacks.
That Fodens are still quite content with steam, and arc still full steam ahead in all departments.
That t he buyer of the six-cylinder Halley knows how it rake in the dollars when on sight-seeing duty.
That " London only" remains the cry of those of the old brigade who do not like openly to shout, " no show " at all.
That the Karrier-car announcement about carrying conviction does not impart anything about bringing convictions.
That other makers as well as the Yorkshire are changing their titles to include the magic words " Commercial Motor."
That, the present and assured continued boom in trade is proving a big strain upon the physiques of several well-known and respected principals.
That there's a prize offered for anyone who can guess the name of the street shown in that remarkable composite photograph show-card of Fodens.
That a certain salesman's statements about other inakers' wagons should be more accurate and less damaging, and that, if he be not more circumspect, an action-at-law may lie. That the tin-can radiator is not yet obsolete.
That the Birmingham taxicabbies struck on Friday last.
That somebody offered the Gaekwar a suit of Ferodo.
That a London hansom should be preserved before it is too late.
That Maxwell House's wine-bill douceux of .E100 was most drinkable.
That the semaphore type of policeman is not peculiar to Manchester.
That several non-exhibitors have done well by merely hovering around.
Of more and more good Lancashire names about to be painted on motor lorries and vans.
That the public subscriptions to the issue of the Premier Omnibus Co. were about £14,000.
That although the underground railways are now advertising " Ozonair Free, fresh air does not seem to he On the menu.
That rent for the City Hall is paid each year, and that there is more than a little controvcrsy ahead between now and 1911.
That the Diva headlight on Bradford's second Dennis fire-engine–,now on view at Rusholme—looks like a combination of a diving helmet and four shaving glasses.
That a leading British maker of commercial motors was overheard talking about his machines by another occupant of the Midland Hotel lounge last Friday, and that the welcome stranger had signed a £1100 contract within two hours.