MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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The gas committee of BOLTON. Corporation is considering the purchase of a van.
DARLINGTON Corporation is to purchase two trolleybuses from the English Electric Co., Ltd.
The electricity committee of LOWESTon Corporation has empowered the manager to purchase a light van.
The watch committee of EASTBOURNE Corporation has allocated 2450 in estimates for the purchase of an ambulance.
The health committee of BURTON-ONTRENT Corporation has decided to purchase another low-loading refuse collector.
The watch committee of BEDFORD Corporation has accepted the tender of Nicholls and Sons, Ltd., for the supply of an Armstrong Siddeley ambulance.
• The Minister of Health has granted PONTARDANVE and YSTRADGYNLAIS Rural District Councils power for the purchase of a fire-engine and forming a fire brigade.
PONTYPRIDD Urban District Council has decided to buy for the surveyor's department three new lorries for scavenging and haulage. The estimated cost is £2,225.
Further to the paragraph in our issue for last week, we learn that the gas department of BRADFORD Corporation is to buy a Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. lorry from Eric S. Myers, Ltd., Manningham Lane, Bradford. TREDEGAR Urban District Council has decided to buy an ambulance.
The fire brigade committee of ACCRINGTON Corporation is considering offers for the supply of an ambulance.
The highways committee of Hype Corporation is to consider the question of mechanical transport for refuse collection.
SUTTON AND CILEAM Urban District Council is asking for tenders for the supply of an 80 bh.p. fire-engine, and tenders have to be delivered by February 9.
The transport committee of BARROWIN-FURNESS Corporation has extended for another year the contract with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., for the supply of tyres.
The cleansing committee of WALL. SEND Corporation recommends thepurchase of a Dennis 750-gallon gullyemptier, which proved highly satisfactory during a demonstration.
BECKENHAM Urban District Council requires a 10-ton oil-driven road roller. Particulars may be obtained from the surveyor, Town Hall, Beckenham, and tenders have to be delivered by noon on January 29.
The cleansing committee of SouTn SHIELDS Corporation is to try out for a week a Karrier sweeper, which, it is estimated, would save £1,210 a year on the cost of street cleansing. A Ranier sweeper owned by the corporation has been in service since 1925.