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Of B-types for Durham and Lowestoft. That parcelcars pay intensive gardeners.
That most shopping parties motor per bus during the hot weather.
That nearly all motormen sneer at their sleepy horse brethren now.
That the "red seal• " of the Royal is advertised as widely as the whisky.
That lots of Colonial orders will follow the exhibition of " C.M." photos-.
That locomotives have crowded out wagons at the Avonside Works, Bristol.
Of a G.W.R. bus driver's description of the Cornish Riviera as the " Cornish Siberia."
That the new air-cooled sparking plug has nothing to do with the air-cooled extractor.
That the early prospect of new road and motor legislation is trembling in the balance.
That the feeding arrangements at Bristol are distinctly in advance of those of previous years.
• That various inventors are still turning their attention towards improvements in motorbus seats.
That exhibitors and visitors both make THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR stand a mutual rendezvous.
That, according to Mr. A. W. Gattie, no less than 231,566,500 is spent every year on cartage in London.
That protection for drivers of some public-service vehicles appears to become small and beautifully less.
That the Middlesex roads will not mind the motorbuses when the Limner Asphalt crowd has done with them.
That this issue of the " C.M." has been printed on rotary machines, and that an even better-looking joh is the result.
That each Continental Tyre Co.'s workman of 10 years standing is presented by his employers with a paid-up life policy for £75.
That more and more users avail themselves of "CM." small ads. with advantage, and that it's the beet way to do various things.
That because Mr. C. Cornell talked to the interviewer it is wrong to infer that Mr. II. M. Cornell is not as devoted as ever to the company, and active too.
That the Bishop's Stortford U.D.C. has contracted to haul its old fire-engine by motor power, instead of using horses, but that this, whilst estimated to cost only 434 per annum, is not likely to prove a permanent method of working. That the 30th prox. is fixed for the Dennis sports.
That some engineers check the domestic supply of meat by slide-rule.
Of many suggestions as to why the W.O. idol has bowed to the worm.
That paraffin as a fuel often leaves much to be desired, as well as a black trail.
That the L.C.C. spends 2300,000 a year on the upkeep of its fire brigade—the M.F.B.
That municipal gas works are buyers at present, and that Birkenhead chose an Albion.
That a West-Surrey branch of the R.I.A. will be initiated to-morrow (Friday) p at .Guildford.
That Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bt., spends more time every year in the self-propelled machine section.
Of an apt description of the agricultural exhibits at the Royal as a magnificent malleable iron display.
That bus drivers are waxing fatter, owing to diminished fear of skidding during the dry weather.
That several makers are watching the progress of the small self-contained motor plough very closely.
That, receiving an order for a new B-type chassis on Friday, Stuart Curzon effected delivery on Monday.
That whilst "keep moving" may be a good motto for a motor furniture remover, it is not always a good rule for a motor driver.
That the tramway encampment has gone from the Gray's Inn Road, but that they will soon be tearing the tramlines up again.
That the Rubber Market differs from the view of Colonel Crompton, that rubber will not be used for street paving, even though it fall as low as 6d. per lb.
That Liga tires have become successors to Thoma tires, so far as the interests identified therewith are concerned in this country, and that more will be heard of them.
That Mr. John Burns spoke at too great length at the Hotel Cecil, on Saturday night last, and that other important speakers had to be cut down seriously in consequence.
That the successful indulgence of Paris taxieabbies in a one-day strike, in order to maintain their "right to crawl," caused a lot of inconvenience last week to travellers in the French capital.
That a two-ton Commerear, fitted with a refreshment-saloon body and Southey vaporizer, left Luton for Bristol on Tuesday last, and that if the present weather holds it should be a general favourite.