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Of a new design of steam wagon under way.
That a new steam tractor from the same works is also being talked about.
Of reductions in railway charges on solid rubber tyres on iron or steel bands.
Of hopes that Halley's production methods are not as per their advertisements.
That the road motor coach that can also swim and fly is only a fantastic conception.
Of remarkably small oil-consumption. figures obtained by the use of Gwynn pistons.
That the opening of the motor coaching season has been adversely affected by the weather.
Of the use of 85-ton rustlesa steel, hardened and ground, for important parts of a chassis.
That the L.C.C. has lost a great opportunity of relieving traffic chaos in the month of fogs.
That the number of bus miles lost as the result of fog runs into hundreds of thousands each year.
That a big gathering is expected for the Institute of Transport Congress at Sheffield next week.
That, with the advent of express pneumatie-tyred buses, Paris will shortly become a city of hurricane passenger traffic.
The query as to whether life will then be worth living in the French capital.
And the retort from one who has often been there that it isn't.
It said that it is more dangerous to mount or dismount from a NS.-type bus in motion than in previous types.
That long-suffering users of some taxicabs in London will have less. eauee, to grumble after September next.
That much advice is given as to how to make money from motor vehicle traffic, but the armoured %an. shows how to secure it.
That it sounds like unbounded optimisim that prompts the assertion that the Great West Road will not need repairing for 50 years.
Of a puzzling protest from a British manufacturer because the Fiat coloured inset in last week's issue was not stitched in the paper.
That our British friends evidently imagine this was inserted free of charge 0-0-0-;OH?
Of a Yorkshire saying which seems apropos--" H yo do owt for nowt do it for yersen." Of good boxing to prevent goods-bagging.
Of lion-proof cage bodies being built for Africa.
Of an increasing demand from abroad for British buses.
That the hat makers are by no means asleep in Luton Beds.
That admiration of Heath Robinson may be a Bisseting sin.
Of quite useful talks on motor technicalities from London Broadcasting"Station.
That the whole nation was in that way instructed last week on the causes and cure of front wheel That one of London's bad traffic spots—Durham Rouse Street—is being improved.
That, if transport facilities are to be maintained, all roads must be good, as well as beautiful.
That Birmingham's experience with trolley-buses is being closely investigated by many other municipal authorities.
That 1922 Derby Day traffic regulations will again he in force an the occasion of this year's Blue Ribancl of the Turf.
That the front cover of the forthcoming special number will indicate a broad highway made of concrete.
That interesting articles on road construction will form a part of the issue in question.
That Manchester starts its Whitsun holiday when London has returned "creeping like snail unwillingly " to work.
That " Whit-Friday," Manchester's principal holiday, has a queer sound to the London ear.
That country bus proprietors are recruiting conductors in the neighbourhood of their termini, owing to the difficulty of finding housing accommodation for import P d men.