MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS Worlitng Electricity Committee is to buy two Fordson 5-cwt. vans.
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Twickenham Highways Committee is to buy a Dennis cesspool emptier.
Wallasey Corporation is to purchase two S.D. Freighter re f use-collectors.
Lintehanapton Urban District Council is to buy a Dennis refuse-collector.
Slealford Urban District Council invites tenders for the supply of a new 2-tonner.
Bournemouth Highways Committee is to buy five Bedfords from MMES. Lee Motors.
Sheffield Electricity Committee has bought six 10-cwt. Fordson vans from T. C. Harrison. Ltd.
Isle of Wight County Council is to buy a Cowmen 25-cwt. van for use as a travelling library.
Manchester Libraries Committee is to buy a Crossley bus adapted to serve as a travelling library.
Manchester Cleansing Committee is to buy three 2-ton tippers and one 3-ton tipper from Rootes. Ltd.
Chesterfield Transport Committee is to Purchase 20 double-deck and 10 single-deck vehicles at a cost of £97,300.
Ross-on-Wye Urban District Council has ordered a Karrier C.K.3 refuse collector from Brook Bros. (Hereford), Ltd.
Chesterfield Gas Committee is to buy a Jewett 10-cwt. van from Boult and Clough. Ltd.. and a Morris 5-cwt. van from Kennings, Ltd.
Poplar Borough Council is to buy two S.D. refuse-collectors. An oil-engined road roller is to be supplied by Marshall. Sons and Co.. Ltd.
Walsall Corporation will buy a Patisson-Bedford
tipper. The Electricity COMMittee is to purchase a Bedford 30-cwt. lorry and three Bedford 12-cwt. vans.
Bolton Gas Committee is to buy a Context 2-3-tonner from Kershaw Motor Co.. and a Morris-Commercial lorry, with equipment for pumping gas. from Messrs. Pilkingtons.
Manchester Watch Committee is to buy a prison van from Rootes, Ltd., and a lorry and a tight .van from }Makes Motors. Ltd., Salford. Two ambulances are also to be purchased.
In opening the exhibition. Mr. G. R. Strauss, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, declared that the Government intended to make roads both safe and beautiful.
The exhibition, which is open from December 5 to January 11, is designed to show the public what Britain's future highways should be like. A salient feature is a large map of the United Kingdom, showing the present roads and the positions of all level crossings, of which there are more than 100. At present there are only 400 miles of double-track road. The map also indicates the main arterial roads to be built.
Other interesting exhibits are models of fly-over crossings, ideal road layouts, and a novel "peep-show," which emphasizes the confusion caused by a multiplicity of road signs.
Four methods of parking—in tunnels bored into sloping ground, in surface car parks, in underground parks and in overcrowd accommodation—are illustrated, as well as a plan for the provision of trunk roads through towns.
A model shows how sub-arterial roads through towns could be -developed and linked with radial or by-pass roads. All crossings are designed to combine speed with safety, and through-traffic is discouraged from using urban roads.