MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.
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Portland Urban District Council is considering the purchase of a motorvan.
Leadgate Urban District Council has decided to purchase a 1-ton end-tipping motor lorry, with steel-lined or allsteel body.
The tramways committee of the Bolton Corporation has decided to proceed with further extensions of its motorbus depot.
The tramways committee of the Wolverhampton Corporation has decided to purchase another Guy sixwheeled motorbus.
The tramways committee of the Leeds Corporation has obtained sanction to borrow 113,644 for the purchase of 12 motor omnibuses.
The omnibus committee of the Merthyr Tydfil Corporation is in the market for a 26-30-seater single-deck motorbus of the forward-drive type.
Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., has lodged an appeal with the Ministry of Transport against the refusal of the Bolton Watch Committee to grant licences for its buses to ply for hire in Bolton. The health committee of the Poitsmouth Corporation recommends the purchase of a Morris motorvan at a cost of £187.
The tramways committee of the Hull Corporation is inviting tenders for the supply of four double-deck and two single-deck motorbuses.
Saltash (Cornwall) Town Council has received sanction from the Ministry of Health to raise a loan of £850 for the purchase of a new fire-engine.
Worcester County Council has reported that the new licence duties have increased the taxation on the council's steam' and petrol lorries by about £744.
The tramways committee of the Glasgow. Corporation recommends the purchase of two motorbuses from both Leyland Motors, Ltd., and the Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Swansea Corporation has accepted the tender of Messrs. Jones, Clarke and Jenkins for the supply of two Vulcan 30-cwt motor lorries for the electricity department at £441 10s. each.
West Hartlepool Corporation has purchased four Bristol chassis, which are to be provided with bodies built by C. H. Roe, Ltd. The total cost of this fleet augmentation is about £5,000.
Camberwell Borough Council is inviting tenders for the supply of a vacuum gully emptier, a 1+-ton motor lorry with an end-tipping body and a motor lorry with a low-loading body.
A committee of the Otley Urban District Council recommends the council to support the opposition of the local bus owners to the Leeds Corporation Bill, in which the authority is seeking powers to run motor omnibuses outside its area. Cambridge Corporation has decided to purchase a Dennis motor fire-engine at a cost of £880.
Bournemouth Corporation has authorized the purchase of a motor lorry for the parks department at a cost of about £225.
Carlisle Corporation has obtained sanction to borrow £1,180 for the purchase of two motor vehicles for refuse collection.
Bournemouth Watch Committee has decided to purchase a motor fire-tender for the new fire station at Winton at a cost of about £700.
Leeds Corporation is seeking sanction to borrow £650 for the purchase of a Fordson industrial tractor and two trailers for the highways department
Blyth Corporation has asked a committee to report concerning the advisability of purchasing motor vehicles for the sanitary department, to replace horses.
Newouay (Cornwall) Urban District Council has decided to apply to the Ministry of Health for sanction for a loan of £1,375 for the purchase of a motor fire-engine.
The licensing committee of the Blyth Corporation is informing omnibus proprietors who are not duly observing the regulations with respect to routes, stands, etc., that until these are strictly adhered to applications for the renewal of licences will not be considered.
The Swansea Council Budget Committe has deferred the purchase of a new motor ambulance, which had been provided for in the estimates for the half-year commencing April 1st, owing to a large rate increase for the half-year making it necessary to effect economies.