MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.
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Bedford Corporation recommends the purchase of a light motorvan for the electricity department. • Chesterfield Corporation has obtained sanction to borrow £9,688 for the purchase of eight motorbuses.
Bournemouth Corporation is seeking sanction to borrow £1,095 for the purchase of a Dennis motor cesspool emptier.
Cheshire County Council has authorized the purchase of a 'Ford 30-cwt. lorry for the Wrenbury Asylum at a cost of £227 10s.• The fire brigade committee of the Bournemouth Corporation is considering the purchase of a motor tender for the Winton fire station,
Torqoay Corporation is to consider the purchase of a new motor fire-engine after a• conference has been held with neighbouring authorities, The fire brigade committtee of the Hastings .Corporation 'recommends• the purchase now of a motor fire punt') at a cost of about. £1,400, and the purchase later of a motor tender. —
Middlesbrough Corporation is inviting tenders for the supply of six 26seater motor omnibuses.
Shoreditch Borough Council has decided to purchase a 1-ton motor lorry for the lighting department.
Totnes Town Council has instructed the town clerk to• obtain details of the present prices of motor fire-engines.
The tramways committee of the Oldhaul Corporation has given approval to the establishment of a bus service to Crompton.
Swansea Corporation has decided to invite quotatimbs for the supply of two 90-cwt, tipping lorries for the electricity department.
East Ham Corporation received £83,794 in respect of Road Fund licences last year, compared with £28,699 in 1925,
Tynemouth Corporation is to centralize its mechanical road transport, and a site in Hudson Street is suggested for a central depot.
Weymouth Corporation is negotiating with bus companies on a proposal for the provision of shelters at the important bus stopping places.
Sheffield Watch Committee has grianted •a licence to.the Barnsley and District Traction Co., Ltd., to run a service of buses in the city in connection with a service between Sheffield and Huddersfield.
The tramways committee of the Cardiff City Courfeil has placed orders for single-deck bus bodies as follow :— Christopher Dodson, Ltd., London, six, at 1495 ' each ; and Messrs. William Lewis and Co., Cardiff, four, at •f505 each. The tramways committee of the Oldham Corporation is to start a motorbus to Summit.
Llandyssul (Carm.) Rural District Council is considering the purchase of a motor lorry.
Atherstone District Council is buying two motor lorries for the use of its highways department.
Blyth Town Council has decided against the issue, this year, of further licences to women bus conductors.
Gravesend Watch Committee recommends the purchase of a Merryweather motor fire-engine at a cost of £1,170.
Wolverhampton Town Council has sanctioned the purchase of 10 trolleybuses, at a cost of £1,831 each, for use on the Penn Fields and other routes.
The cleansing department of the Birmingham Corporation has just placed an order with Clayton Wagons, Ltd., for a ,M-trin Clayton electric vehicle fitted with an all-steel refuse-collecting body.
The tramways committee of the Nottingham City Council has decided to introduce one-man-controlled-type buses into the city, and an order is to be placed for four 20-seaters of this type.
Notts County Council is seeking the usual protective clauses in connection with the application of the West Bridgford 'Urban District Council for power to run bus services in the parishes of Edwalton, Gamsten and South Wilford.
At the request of the Failsworth 'Urban District Council and the Limeburst Rural District Council the tramways committee of the Oldham Corporation has decided to seek powers to run bus services to Failsworth and Woodhouse.