MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.
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Hornsey Corporation has decided to purchase a new chassis for the ambulance.
Bury Corporation has obtained powers to establish motorbus services outside the town.
Cheshire County Council has authorized the purchase of a Morris-Cowley motorvan at a cost of £172 10s.
Stoke-on-Trent Corporation has asked a sub-committee to consider the advisability of providing shelters at certain points for the convenience of the public waiting for omnibuses.
The surveyor to the Northfleet Urban District Council has arranged to fit the old fire-engine Chassis with a tipping body and the vehicle is to be used mainly for the haulage of bituminous macadam. Shrewsbury Corporation has acceptea the tender of Messrs. Shuker and Son at £44 15s., for the supply of an Atco motor mower.
The agricultural committee of the Cheshire County Council has decided to purchase a motorvan for the transport of rat-catchers.
Local authorities are being asked by the Oxfordshire Automobile Club to consider a scheme for uniform control of motor traffic throughout the country.
Wandsworth Borough Council recommends acceptance of the, tenders of Shelyoke and Drewry, Ltd., at £607 10s., for a S.D. Freighter for street scavenging work, etc., and of Karrier Motors, Ltd., at •£984, for a road sprinkler, sweeper and collector. Norwich Corporation has accepted the tender of Delves Motors, Ltd., at £470, for the supply of a 30-cwt. lorry.
Adalaide Corporation has accepted the tender of Mann's Motors Ltd., at £188 for the supply of a "Thevrolet motorvan.
The tramways committee of the Morecambe Corporation recommends the purchase of another two Guy doubledeck six-wheeled motorbuses.
The Lancashire and Westmorland Motor Services, Ltd., has appealed to the Minstry of Transport against the decision of the Morecambe Corporation not to grant licences for its motorbuses to ply for hire on Marine Road, Victoria Esplanade, Princess Crescent and in Bare Village.