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That Dublin is getting cleaner.
That a sooted plug calls for a sweep.
" Better coachwork, steadier patronage."
Of 80 per cent. oil saving by recovery plant.
That a plan view in the U.S.A. is a "look-down."
Of paneless motoring—in buses with no windows.
That road transport can displace as well as replace.
That still more fresh transport questions will crop up. That good looks put a coach in customers' good books.
Practically nothing of the modern coach when on the road.
That rust in springs makes owner's thoughts turn to gaiters.
That there's room at the top—when breaking altitude records.
That several small coach owners may well share a spare chara.
That when all's said and done 130 a year equals 3d. per working hour.
That coaches were fairly busy on 'Chestnut Sunday despite everything.
That even an ill-managed motorbus undertaking may take a lot of beating.
That a county councillor in Ireland wants to close the roads to all motors !
That Mr. Lloyd George may yet get the chance to make his intended speech on the Road Fund.
That prestige in the public passenger service may get a start on appearance, but cannot last on that alone.
That the small percentage of water in benzole has more to do with its anti-detonation qualities than most engineers guess.
That the dirtiness of many railway carriages on other than main-line services is in marked contrast to the cleanliness of most omnibuses.
That many who find it easy to object to the proposed new taxation scale fail to take their own share locally in pressing their own members of Parliament.
Of "To church and back by motor" as a new source of both inspiration and revenue by means of special and time-table journeys and that cathedral services are the biggest draw.
That it's difficult to distinguish between Mr. Churchill's real intentions as to a future petrol tax and his undoubted desire to get through the sufficient evil of this year's Budget.
That the further £45 a year, making £150 on a fivetonner, which Mr. Churchill had practically told the railway deputation he meant to clap on, was saved very largely by the pertinacity of• Sir Henry Maybury departmentally and Mr. Shrapnell-Smith publicly. Of snow in "summer."
Peace will not now go to pieces.
Of a leaner time for many aliens.
Of radiator cosies wanted in May. That heavy oil's day has yet to stay.
That a good Whitsun sun was badly needed.
Of more unplumbed depths of petrol in Persia.
Sees and—with no luck—feels the splash of tar.
That it already seems a long time since the strike.
That "Fare thee well" is a good greeting to a carrier.
Of a general response to the call for real work again.
That really clean air and oil would cut maintenance bills.
That a patent is not necessarily a portent of a fortune.
Of some nasty unreported motor collisions and smashes.
That with the coming of the leaves many corners are blinded again.
Whit-Sunday or wet Sunday, it's all one to the " allweather " coach.
That the wise coach-owner keeps a close eye always on sport fixtures.
That keeping expenses down may do more than keep the turnover up.
That municipal bills could be cut down if more refuse were destroyed in home fires.
That there is even more "clearing up" for the Ministry of Transport than for the Home Office.
That the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co. now controls directly and indirectly 112 motor omnibuses and chars-à-banes.
That Manchester tramways lost £45,000 through the strike—truly from him that hath not (i.e., the ratepayer) shall be taken away even that which he hath.
That the headlamps which, when coming through Clayton Gap (on the Brighton Road), are visible like searchlights to villages five miles away must be fairly dazzling at close quarters.
That the receipts of the Plymouth Co-operative Society for its motor coach services for the 26 weeks ending March 6th were £2,335, a decrease of £30 on the corresponding period of 1925.