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Of a Traffic in Lyons.
That the 1923 outlook is good.
That it is a good dodge to buy one.
That Aladdin now travels around by motor.
That not every new hood is an improvement.
That the lime:ight is now shining upon Percy Frost Smith.
That municipal authorities are amongst the biggest buYers these days. • That "From Producer to Consumer" had nothing to do with suction gas.
That the wayside coffee tavern accounts for not a few hours of booked running time.
That a small capital is of very little use for a public passenger-carrying undertaking.
That the possibility of obtaining both compression and tension in a disc has puzzled -many.
That if you want a coach for next season it is best to order it now, and thus to give the coachbuilders time to' make a good job.
That it takes 150-300 amperes to start the Ford engine—but one generally loses count of the number of turns of the starting handle.
As a hint to the " B.P." man, that it's not considered good salesmanship to wink when saying that your goods are the best possible.
Of a steam wagon which took a header into a deep ditch one day last week near Uxbridge and of a steam roller which successfully towed it out.
That the design of bulk liquid tanks for, road haulage. is a difficult task, if distortion is to he counteracted—and not least in six-wheeler design.
That the Cardiff Co-operative Society is giving a "dividend" on the facs of its members going to Barry by motor coach—an arrangement made with the proprietor of the Scarlet motor service.
That the motor coaches of the Bradford Cooperative Society are now fitted with apparatus for making tea en route. Co-operation began at Rochdale in 1844 with a chest of tea ; it is now running on tea, or rather, tea is running in co-operation. Of big mileages from N.A.P. tyres.
Of big chassis built in tiny workshops.
Satisfactory reports on N.B.C. " fifty-fifty."
That this can't be the American heat-wave—it isn't sufficiently dry.
Thatthe most systematic thing about ,a tramway system is its failure to pay.
That the private car Owner pulls too much wpight in the determination of the price of petrol.
That the price was not brought down, soonerebe. cause the car owners were still burning a lot of petrol in their holiday-making.
That " " faithful following of Ford men found last week's issue a disappointer.
That, as summer-time ends next Suaday-hight, we may then expect some really fine, warm weather.
That with three makes of petrol-electric chassis in the field, users will begin to 'pay more attention to the type.
That electric transmission means £120 added to first cost, but a continual saving in maintenance charges.
That British makers of petrol-electric chassis score over their foreign competitors because they use engines of sufficient power.
That the cut in the price of petrol came about a week earlier than had been expected—hut not an hour before its time, for all that That Percy Frost Smith began to wear a smile and to drop the worried look directly the wheels of his now petrol-electric chassis began to turn last week.