133. At the end of the year there were 832 Government vehicles comprising 225 cars and light general purpose vans, 445 lorries and special purpose vehicles and 132 motor cycles. New vehicles received and put into service during the year included five Austin A70 saloon cars, fifteen Land Rovers, two Ford Prefect dual control cars, one Humber Super Snipe Saloon Car, fourteen Norton motorcycles, two Excelsior light motorcycles, and four Karrier Refuse Collectors. Eighty-two vehicles were disposed of by Board of Survey.
134. Locally built bodies completed during the year included five Police heavy general purpose vans and two "Black Maria" vans on Bedford chassis; two insulated meat delivery vans, three conservancy vans on Karrier CK3 chassis, two light cemetery vans, fourteen 15 cwt. pick-ups, four station wagons, one command car, one dog control van on Austin A70 chassis, six ambulances, three general purpose vans and two travelling dispensaries on Austin 25 cwt. chassis.
135. The workshops continued to turn out a wide variety of work including spare parts for vehicles and other types of machinery which were otherwise unobtainable and numerous jobs were carried out for other departments. Amongst other items a collating table was designed and constructed for the Government Printer and Radio-Cobalt Telecurie equipment was installed for the Medical Department at Queen Mary Hospital. The number of jobs carried out showed an increase of 33% over the previous year.
136. As in previous years the operation of the Transport Pool was satisfactorily maintained and 183 vehicles were operated from the two main pools situated at the workshops in Hong Kong and Kowloon respectively and 28 vehicles from the two sub-pools at the Colonial Secretariat and Kowloon Post Office respectively.
137. 113 applicants for posts as drivers were tested and 43 who passed the test were engaged.
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133. At the end of the year there were 832 Government vehicles comprising 225 cars and light general purpose vans, 445 lorries and special purpose vehicles and 132 motor cycles. New vehicles received and put into service during the year included five Austin A70 saloon cars, fifteen Land Rovers, two Ford Prefect dual control cars, one Humber Super Snipe Saloon Car, fourteen Norton motorcycles, two Excelsior light motorcycles, and four Karrier Refuse Collectors. Eighty-two vehicles were disposed of by Board of Survey.
134. Locally built bodies completed during the year included five Police heavy general purpose vans and two "Black Maria" vans on Bedford chassis; two insulated meat delivery vans, three conservancy vans on Karrier CK 3 chassis, two light cemetery. vans, fourteen 15 cwt. pick-ups, four station wagons, one com- mand car, one dog control van on Austin A70 chassis, six ambulances, three general purpose vans and two travelling dis- pensaries on Austin 25 cwt. chassis.
135. The workshops continued to turn out a wide variety of work including spare parts for vehicles and other types of machinery which were otherwise unobtainable and numerous jobs were carried out for other departments. Amongst other items a collating table was designed and constructed for the Government Printer and Radio-Cobalt Telecurie equipment was installed for the Medical Department at Queen Mary Hospital. The number of jobs carried out showed an increase of 33% over the previous year.
136. As in previous years the operation of the Transport Pool was satisfactorily maintained and 183 vehicles were operat- ed from the two main pools situated at the workshops in Hong Kong and Kowloon respectively and 28 vehicles from the two sub-pools at the Colonial Secretariat and Kowloon Post Office respectively.
137. 113 applicants for posts as drivers were tested and 43 who passed the test were engaged.
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