MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS.
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Wakefield Corporation has voted £634 for the purchase of a motor ambulance.
The sanitary committee of the Barnsley Corporation recommends the purchase of a Morris-Commercial motor lorry.
The health committee of the Croydon Corporation recommends acceptance r,f the tender of Milne and Russell, Ltd., at £570 for the supply of an Austin motor ambulance.
The streets committee of the City of London Corporation recommends the acceptance of the tender of Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., for the supply of two motor lorries at /855 each.
The central purchasing committee of the Manchester Corporation has made contracts for the supply of motor tyres with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., the Avon Rubber Co., Ltd., Mr. Jas. Fitzsimmons, the British Goodrich Rubber Co., Ltd., and Henleys Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., B24 Leeds Corporation has accepted the tender of the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., at 1900, for the supply of a steam wagon.
The fire brigade committee of the Truro Corporation recommends acceptance of the tender of Dennis Bros., Ltd., at 1797 for the supply of a fire-engine.
The tramways committee of the Manchester Corporation has accepted the tender of H. and J. Quick, Ltd., for the supply of a Fordson industrial tractor.
The county medical officer of health of Northamptonshire suggests that a motor ambulance should be provided at the Daventry rural isolation hospital.
The traiaiways department of the Dundee Corporation is inviting tenders for the supply of four 37-40-seater singledeck buses, and asks for alternative prices for four-wheeled and six-wheeled vehicles. Tenders have tri be delivered not later than July 30th. The tramways committee of the Bournemouth Corporation is to seek 'sanction to borrow £3,750 for the purchase of three motorbuses.
Stoke-on-Trent Corporation has accepted the tenders of Mr. J. Pepper, Hanley, for the supply of a MorrisCommercial chassis at £225, and of Messrs. J. H. Steele, Stoke, for a body at £65.
The central purchasing committee of the Manchester Corporation has made contracts for the supply of motor spirit with the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., Recline Motor Spirit Co., Ltd., British Petroleum Co., Ltd., Shell-Mex, Ltd., and United Oil Importers, Ltd.
The Penarth Urban District Council has decided to purchase a new fire-engine to replace its 21-year-old machine. It has been decided to invite Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., to demonstrate suitable engines in the town with a view to the purchase of a machine of its make.