FIRE-BRIGADE MATTERS.
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The Watch Committee of Halifax Town Council intends to spend 21100 on the purchase of a motor fire-engine.
The Abertillery (Men.) U.D.C. has approved estimates which include the purchase of a new petrol first-aid engine and pump estimated to cost 21000.
Superintendent Cliff, the chief of the Loughborough Fire Brigade, has expressed the view that the sooner the town has motor appliances the better, as then only can the best work be expected of the brigade.
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, who is President for the year of the Fire Brigade Union, is also president of the Beaulieu (New Forest) Fire Brigade. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Beaulieu Brigade recently, Lord Montagu expressed the hope that it might soon be possible for the brigade to have a. motor fire-engine. Durban Town Council is about to invite tenders for the supply of two fire-engines.
Economy at Glasgow.
The report of Firemaster Waddell, the chief of the Glasgow Brigade, for the year ended the 31st December last, refers to the fact that of the 16 motor vehicles belonging to the Corporation, six are Halleys, five of Dennis make, three of Ikelerryweather manufacture, one a Simonis extension ladder, and one a WoIseley firstaid machine. The cost for the year, of six motor fire-engines, was £210; that figure compares with 2507 for horses. The general tone of the report discloses the highest degree of satisfaction with the results obtained from motors. The Glasgow horse stud has been reduced from 47 to eight, and, apart from the greater efficiency of the motor vehicles, the cost per unit has fallen from 284 5s. to 235 Is. 8d.—a remarkable economy. Members of the Tnstitution of Automobile Engineers are to consider a new proposal to request the publication of abstracts of papers in future in the technical Press before the actual meeting at which their reading is scheduled to take place, the idea being that members of the Institution will then have ample time previously to digest the contents of the writing, so that there will be more opportunity for discussion at the actual meeting. None of the all-too-short time at meetings will be wasted by the reading of original papers.