MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.
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Seaham Harbour Urban District Council has decided to obtain estimates for the supply of another tipping wagon.
Torquay Corporation has empowered .the borough engineer to purchase three 1-ton motor lorries at a cost of about
£236 each. . • •
&Omit. Harbour. Urban District Council has accepted the.. tender of Mr. Greenwood at £150 for the siMply of-a tipping wagon.
Tynemouth Corporation has arranged with Shelvoke and Drewry. Ltd., for the supply of. five motor vehicles for refuse collection at a total cost of £3,196.
Stoke-on-Trent Watch Committee has appointed a sub-committee to consider the question of a speed limit for vehicular traffic throughout the city.
Bradford Corporation has agreed to proposals of the, Halifax Corporation for the institution of a service of motorbuses between Halifax and Bradford.
Oldham Corporation has obtained sanction to borrow. £1,375 for the purc-hase of a motor fire pump and £637 for the purchase of a motor ambulance. . Brighton Watch Committee has authorised the chairman and the chief officer of the fire brigade to visit Lou16n to witness a demonstration of foam generators for extinguishing petrol fires.
The Ministry of Transport is in negotiation with various Loudon authorities regarding the revival of a scheme for the constrnction. through East London of a new road to Victoria Docks.
Bexhill, Corporation is considering the purchase of new motor vehicles for refuse collection.
Bexhill Watch Committee is to review the whole question of the licensing of 'motorbuses before the next licensing day.
Eastbourne Watch Committee is considering . the adoption of the one-way traffic system for certain thoroughfares
.in the town. .
The tramways committee of the Bournemouth Corporation has obtained sanction to borrow £3,750 for the purchase of motorbuses.
Oldham Corporation proposes to seek Parliamentary powers to acquire property in the vicinity of Lord Street for widening purposes and for the construction of an omnibus centre.
Bournemouth Corporation has referred the whole question of accommodation for bus and char-A-banes passengers in Bourne Avenue to the joint roads and horse sub-committees for consideration and report.
• Bournemouth Corporation has ap pointed-Mr. Eric .Booth Baxter, divisional manager for the Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., at Hastings, as traffic superintendent for the tramways 'and bus undertaking.
The tramways committee. of the Croydon Corporation has again had under consideration the question of tram and bus competition and recommends that a deputation should secure an interview with the Ministry of Transport on the subject.
Shipley Urban, District Council ..has appointed a committee to report as to a central garage scheme. . .
Middlesex County Council is to ob.'
tam n tenders for the 'construction of a bridge underneath the canal alohg the late of the North' Circular Road near Stonebridge Park, Willesden, the county 'surveyor estimating the cost at £25,000.
. • Southwell Rural District Council has
ordered a 6-7-ton Clayton o-vertype steam wagon fitted with three-way, tip
ping body. Similar vehicles have recently been supplied to the Norwich Corporation and the Cheadle Rural District Council.
Manxland Bus Services; Ltd., is applying to the Douglas (I.O.M.) Corporation for licences for 20 additional motorbuses in order to provide more frequent services and to replace certain old vehicles.
At a meeting of the Chesterfield Coiporation, the town clerk reported that the Ministry of Health was nor prepared to entertain an application for power to run motorbuses on additional routes outside the borough.
At a meeting of the Chesterfield Watch Committee an application . Was submitted from Messrs. Mather Bros., Supported by a petition, for a licence to ply for hire daily between Chesterfield and Barrow Hill in place of their existing four-days' service. The application was granted.
The Iling,ley (Yorkshire) Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade is considering the 'purchase of a motor ambulance,