Fire-Brigade Matters.
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A good Morris demonstration was given at Salford Docks, on the 11th inst., with the engine for Lanark C.C.
Major J. Stewart took the 'Merthyr application for a loan of £1,870, on the 12th inst., and has reported to the L.G.B.
Mr. W. E. Mister, of Lloyd and Plaister. Ltd., has been elected a member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers.
The General Purposes Committee of the Stafford Town Council is consideriug the state of the local brigade and the purchase of a motor fireengine. Binglev may buy a motor fire-engine —after March next.
Dennis Machines at Birmingham.
A 40 lep. Dennis vehicle, equipped t6 carry a 50 ft. escape, and with its body designed to provide good space for hand pumps and gear, is now doing good service for the Birmingham Brigade. It is a repeat. order.
Dundee Buying Again.
Dundee Town Council wants tenders for a petrol motor (combined turbine pump, fire ladder, and first-aid machine) fire-engine, Mr. J. S. Weir, the firemaster, will supply form of tender and specification. The closing date is the 31st inst. at noon. 200-Gallon Sets.
We think there is a big potential demand for smaller engines, and that makers would find a market amongst urban and rural district councils if they did not allow the spirit of emulation to cause them to study only the big outfit.
Straws Show, etc.
A copy of " The Straits Echo," a daily paper published in Penang, has just reached us, and we are interested to find in its columns a municipal notice from Georgetown to the effect that two Merryweather horse-drawn fire-engines are for sale, and that one of them is being offered " to make room for a motor engine."