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That 1913 will be a lucky year.
Mud squelching, and also sees it.
That one scribe spelt it Daimlet.
Of mosquito tactics with the latest B's.
That hammed taxicabs don't take on well.
That orders are not yet hung up for the shows.
That the loose use of multi-millions is unwise.
Were right during 1912 in all but 0.1575 per cent, That L.C.C. tears for motorbus fatalities are of the crocodile variety.
That giving short measure of petrol is a common practice in the U.S.A.
That when a demonstration is asked it's as well to fix a date there and then.
That .snow-plough attachments are being fitted to many L.C.C. tramcar bogies.
That the radiator is not a bad place to dry a wet coat, or to warm a cold one.
That not all the 9 in. of a modern concrete roadfoundation needs to be of cement.
That in provincial motorbus enterprise the child came on the scene before the parent.
That " Commotor " is the latest abbreviation, but that it's been registered by its sponsors.
That more sales departments may soon be free to speak the truth about the works side of the story.
That the unseen fountain spring in Manchester is the conviction that "aowt owt o' Lancashire's nowt."
That some of the best-known chassis possess littleknown features of detail, but that the lot will be visible at the July Show.
That a heavy-vehicle football match was to take place on New Year's Day, and that it was expected there might be many breakdowns.
That the Canadian Government is well ahead with the Vancouver-Alberta road, and that its total length, which includes the crossing of two mountain ranges, will be 475 miles.
That Freddy Coleman is no end bucked by the arrival of a second order for 10 White trucks from the Russian War Office, and that he has almost forgotten the heavy work he did last spring to get them.
That, when a London motorbus broke down on Monday of last week and the police came up and asked the driver what was the matter, the driver's reply was that the timing had gone wrong, and that the constable replied : "You can't kid me. You haven't got any clocks on these motors." That 1912 went a wet way out.
More and more inquiries as to where to insure. Of very numerous inquiries for supplies of benzol.
That the G.C. vaporizer will take benzol and paraffin mixed.
That whilst most comparisons are invidious, certain omissions are odious.
That the two great national questions during 1913 will be Home Fuel and Traffic Reform.
That the daily Press is getting a bit bored with notices from the National Steam Car Co.
That some of the U.S.A. Locos. are so big that mechanical stoking has become a necessity.
That some people appear to think motor-caravanning is cheap locomotion, but that it depends.
That what tramcar undertakings suffer from is the unavoidable annual heaviness of capital charges per mile of route.
That a serious offer for a batch of second-hand L.G.O. chassis of well-known make was proffered at £12 apiece—without tires.
That a man who had been to Smithfield was heard talking very largely, on his return to the North of Scotland, about the new oil " agrivator."
That on the average it takes six cars per hour in each direction for 18 hours per day to make an electric-tramcar undertaking pay at normal fares.
That even tramcar officials admit that motorbuses average 40 per cent. of occupied seats throughout the working day, but that the true figure is reallr higher.
That the success of motorbuses in London and elsewhere is now more freely admitted than of yore to be a rightful source for congratulation to the community.
That 63 chassis of different types were dispatched from the Albion works during the last 10 days of the old year, and that yet another extension to the factory is to be begun early next spring.
Of regrets that the early directors of some of the motorcab companies are not associated with petroleum—in which event they would he asked to rejoin the board of more than one company.
That the records of operation show the average occupancy of seats in huge electric tramcars to be about 25 per cent., and that it's their running about with the 75 per cent. which is empty—in order to keep down the capital charges per car-mile—that obstructs the ordinary traffic unfairly and unduly.
That until the year 1895 every passenger train had to stop at Swindon Station, and that the only return to the G.W. Ry., under a lease for 99 years dated 1841, was one penny per annum from the refreshment contractors, who had originally built certain rooms at their own cost. and who were paid out handsomely some 17 years ago.