Fire-Brigade Matters.
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The L.G.B. has sanctioned a loan of £2,500 for a new fire station at Wilmslow (Cheshire).
The General Purposes Committee of the Stafford Town Council still has under discussion the matter of the provision of a motor fire-engine.
Newton Abbot U.D.C. now has under consideration the matter of applying to the L.G.B. for sanction to a loan of £550 for the purchase of a first-aid motor fire-engine. Mr. J. Prowse is chief officer of the brigade, and Mr. A. J. Murrin is chairman of the U.D.C. The Rhondda 1T.D.C. has taken delivery of its new Merryweather engine.
The Fire Brigade Committee of the Woking LAC. has been invited to take into consideration the matter of the purchase of a motor fire-engine, which has not yet been done.
The Eire Brigade Committee of the Middlesbrough Town Council has decided, for the time being, to take no action in respect of the acquirement of a motor fire-engine. Superintendent Hanmer, the head of the brigade, presented a report which showed that an economy would have been effected, but some of the councillors in Middlesbrough appear to be a sleepy lot.
The Fire Appliances Sub-committee of the Brighton Watch Committee has recommended the purchase of a motor chassis, at a cost not exceeding £250, to be fitted to convey an escape.
Firemaster Pordage has obtained authority to visit various English stations, and not to limit his inspections to the equipments in Scotland : he is to be accompanied by Councillor Moscrip.
Sentinel Steamers.
Mr. Alexander W. Weir, the chief superintendent of the Liverpool Fire Brigade, has addressed the underquoted letter to Alley and MacLellan, Ltd., of Glasgow, which company supplied a three-ton rubber-tired Sentinel wagon, fitted with a Kermode oil-fuel burner, to the Liverpool brigade, a little more than a year ago; thevehicle is used for second-service purposes' : -" Having now had your Sentinel wagon in use over 12 months, I thought you might like my opinion of it. It is, of course, not doing so much running as a commercial vehicle, but, on the other hand, is continually under steam, and is turned out at a moment's notice. It has quite come up to my expectations as to its usefulness, and is at present in quite as good condition as when purchased."