MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.
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Whick.ham Urban District Council invites tenders for the supply of a motor ambulance.
Darlington Corporation has decided to purchase a 30-cwt. Dennis lorry for use by the gasworks department.
Bexhull Corporation has agreed to the use by the Hastings Corporation of double-deck vehicles on the new track
less-trolley -system. •
West Hartlepool Corporation has placed an order for 12 Garrett coveredtop double-decker six-wheeled trolleybuses on pneumatic tyres.
Newcastle Corporation has obtained sanction from the Ministry of Transport to the running of bus services on the coast road between Newcastle and Tynemouth,
The tramways committee of the Hull Corporation has gone into the question of the provision of temporary tops for motorbuses, bat decided that there are many difficulties which make the adoption of the suggestion inadvisable.
In regard to a suggestion that buses should be hired, the tramways committee of the Hull Corporation has received quotations from the East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., but decided to take no further action in the matter.
Odiham (Hampshire) Parish Council is to purchase a motor fire-engine at a cost of about E700.
Chiddingfedd (Surrey) Parish Council is raising a loan df E700 for the purchase Of a motor fire-engine.
Hampshire County Council has scheduled three miles of narrow roads in the Basingstoke rural district as unsuitable for use by heavy traffic.
The tramways committee of the Glasgow Corporation has empowered the manager to start new bus services as
• required and to purchase new vehicles for this purpose.
The education committee of the London County Council has decided to substitute motor ambulances for 21 horsed vehicles now in use in connection with day schools for physically defective scholars.
Parish meetings held at Chard, Combe 'St. Nicholas, Chaffcombe, Warnbrook, Whitstaiinton, Winsham and Cricket St. Thomas have passed resolutions in favour of joining Chard Town Council in the provision of a motor fireengine for use in the town and district. Only three villages in the area concerned have resolved not to support the scheme. The tramways committee of the Rotherham Corporation is seeking powers to run a service of motorbuses to Staveley.
Audenshaw Urban District Council is considering the question of the purchase of another motor vehicle for refuse collection.
Uxbridge Urban District Council has asked its fire brigade committee to report as to the provision of plant for dealing with petrol fires.
The tramways committee of the Coventry Corporation is seeking sanction to borrow £25,000 for the purchase of additional mbtorbuses.
Coulsdon Urban District Council recommends acceptance of the tender of Messrs. Carr Bros., of Purley, at 1350, for the supply of a Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. lorry with tipping body.
The London County Council has abandoned experiments with rear signals on tramcars, in order to warn traffic following that the tram is about to stop, because the police were not in favour of the two methods that had been tried. Moreover, it is found that there is very little risk of accident due to traffic running into the rear of tramcars.