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Of Rhyl's White Roses in rows.
Of new lights. for Iights.and heavies.
Of prices going down and trade looking up.
That London's chocolate-bus is going strong.
Of many unworkable suggestions put forward to obviate road accidents.
. Of more than one solution to the problem of carrying passengers' luggage on a coach tour.
• 0 That Fodens' band on a Foden steamer is still a favOurite visitor at junketings in the North.
That every reader should record his views upon the question of commercial vehicle taxation.
That the task is rendeced easy by the inclusion of the necessary forms (issued by the A.A. and MU.) in our advertisement supplement.
That the heavy mileage interests must give heed to the views of the smaller men whose vehicles are not in constant and regular service.
That the fringe of the potential demand for one ton vans in this country has, so far, only been
touched. 0
That the Daily Mail has discovered the motorbus again and in other columns is carefully collecting char-a-bancs mishaps.
Much vague prophecy as to prices about Motor Show time, but that there is not too much room for further sensational reduction.
That Mr. F. G. Bristow thinks the 20-seater motor coach is the largest type that should be allowed on the existing highways.
That the British commercial vehicle industry, acting together to produce a one-ton van to standard dimensions, could capture much of the trade in this type of machine now enjoyed by the foreigner.
That a railway company is not under statutory liability to carry goods, but that the carriage of goods is a "reasonable facility " which a railway company must afford—nor is a rail-way company under obligation to provide a cloakroom, but that is another "reasonable docility" it can be compelled to provide. Of very serious trouble in the East.
Of still more six-wheelers on the stocks.
Of remarkable activity in fire-engine inquiries.
That there .appear to be other "builders of London
buses." 0 That there is still need to regularize provincial parading. 0
That poor proud Preston is having its share of limelight at last.
Good reports of steam methods for preventing carbonization. 0 That toffee makers are amongst the most particular in paintwork matters.
That there is much interest in the rail motorbus for certain Irish railways.
That German tyres are not catching on so dreely certain people thought they would.
Of a renewed movement to get special commercial vehicle types excepted from the Bond.
That Leylands ought to be pleased with Barrington's advertisement of what they haven't got to sell.
That Kingston-on-Thames seems to be a favourite resting place for ex-WD. material—presumably it is a convenient distance from Slough.
That, although the 14-seater has official blessing, many owners doubt their ability to earn enough, and that there are, even now, inquiries about 24 and 28 seaters.