MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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GLOUCESTER Corporation is buying six-Thornycroft 32-seater -bus chassis.
ABERDEEN Corporation has ordered four Thornycroft Daring double-deck bus chassis.
WEST 'BRIDGFORD Urban District Council is buying two A.E.C. Regent double-deckers.
DORCHESTER Town Council requires a 30-cwt. chassis, and tenders have to be delivered by April 24.
Maw( Urban District Council requires a 1-ton vehicle, and tenders have to be delivered by noon on April 29.
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LLANTRISANT LZANTWIT FARDRE COuncil and the CownarnoE Council are conferring on the question of the provision of further fire-brigade equipment for the adjoining areas.
FORMBY Urban District Council is inviting tenders for the supply of a threewheeled tractor and three trailers. Further particulars can be obtained from the engineer and surveyor, and tenders have to be delivered by 10 a.m. on April 26.
Enmorrrox Urban District Council invites tenders for the supply of a 12-seater bus (chassis weight 1 ton) at a cost not exceeding £350, less an allowance for a 1927 bus, which may be inspected by appointment. Tenders, marked " P.H.D.Bus," have to be delivered to the clerk to the council, Town Hall, Edmonton, London, N.9, not later than noon on May 3. AI3ERDARE Urban District Council has decided to buy two Bristol buses.
The sewage committee of ENFIELD Urban District Council recommends the purchase of a tractor for about £200.
The parks committee of OXFORD Corporation recommends making provision in estimates for the purchase of a motor mower at a cost of about £100.
Despite a committee recommendation that the matter be deferred for a time, NEwronr (Mon.) Corporation has decided to buy, at once, a new fire-engine at an estimated cost of 11,000.
The general purposes committee of ENFIELD Urban District Council recommends making provision in estimates for the purchase of another refuse-collection vehicle at a cost of about £700.
The public cleansing department of Hula, Corporation is inviting tenders for the supply of two forward-control shortwheelbase chassis with hydraulic tipping gear. The chassis should be capable of carrying at least two tons. Tenders must be received not later than 10 a.m. on May 9.
Further to the paragraph appearing in our issue for last week, concerning the purchase of 12 buses by BLAcxeoor, Corporation, we now learn that the order for the bodies for the vehicles is to be divided between H. V. Burlingham, Ltd., of Blackpool, and the English Electric Co., Ltd., of Preston.