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Of Glasgow versus Edinburgh.
Much of " the turn of the tide."
Much which it is not permissible to publish. That more bus passengers will pay as they enter. That the driver and the .conductor of the. bus tend to become one.
Of snow ploughs on Stevens petrol-electric lorries.
That, even after her war experience, rumour is still a lying jade.
That the giant has been slain many times, but still "comes up .smiling.
That the country where most German lorries are being sold is South America, That the S.M.M. and T. tractor trials organization will be less expensive this year.
Of the chief officials of the M.T.A. braving the elements in a round of golf at Radlett.
That Poriers Park, lia,dlett, is Mr. Leslie Walton's home course.
That Mr. Henry Spurrier recently had a day's shooting near Guildford and got a good bag.
That splashguards of the hub-cap-suspended type are in use on some of the buses in Edinburgh.
. That the value of time and the importance of saving it are splendidly demonstrated at Chiswick.
Of a considerable expansion of London's fleet of S-type buses and of clever single-deck bus designs.
That super-cushion tyres are giving great satisfaction and that they wear as well as the harder solids.
That the reserved judgment in Weston-super-Mare U.D.C. versus Butt may not be expected for two or three weeks.
That the four leading names at Chiswick are Mr. G. J. Shave, Major Leese, Mr. G. Rushton, and Mr. S. Gage.
That Mr. C. W. Reeve, of the A.E.C., likes the company of golfers, but he has not yet succumbed to the allurements of the game.
Of a Dennis bus, intended for the Glasgow Show, which successfully negotiated 5 ft. of snow and was inspected in Edinburgh by the Lord Provost.
That the new Shell building in Kingsway shelters • nine hundred employees, all engaged on the organization of distribution, and not. one ounce of petrol in the place. Of spiral bevels and wriggley worms.
Of coming new London bus flotations.
—0 Of Sir Erie's axiom :—" Scrap the lot."
Of very big fire-plant inquiries for the Near East.
Of more war-worn veterans in Ireland since .the Peace.
That Mr. Frank Shorland looks well after the Straker-Squire agents.
That our article on_ military multi-wheelers has given some war like gentlemen furiously to think.
That there is a good opening for a service station at. Old Ford—and at Bedford—for flying bedstead, you know !
That the cold snap comes from Siberia in spite of Soviot restrictions, which hitherto have only encouraged the export of hot air.
That Washington decisions were not favourable for Army M.T. activities, but that the result may be an early extension of pro-war subsidy plans.
That buses have rendered possible the shutting down of one of the four tramway cable winding stations in Edinburgh, and that another will be cicsed in June.
That the wrought-iron entrance gates of true baronial character, at the Chiswick overhaul works, were made by L.G.O.C. craftsmen, and we congratulate them.
That there is room for further great development in dock-to-store and store-to-shop delivery by motorvan of frozen and chilled meat, on both financial and sanitary grounds.
That, while there is often some reason for trolleybus alternative to existing tramlines, there is always equal weight for motorbus argument where new ground has to be covered.
That the six-wheeler with two rear axles fairly close together should lend itself admirably to the adaptation of a detachable chain track to be fitted only in cases of emergency.
That, whatever may be the general opinion as regards economy axes in Parliament, there is not the slightest doubt that it would be an excellent thing for the motor industry to have Hacking at Westminster—with an axe or without.