MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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SALFORD Corporation recommends the purchase of an International tractor.
TEDDINGTON Urban District Council is recommended to spend £494 on the purchase of a Dennis fire tender.
The works committee of MARYLEBONE Borough Council is to purchase a light motor roller estimated to cost £450.
The parks committee of STOKE-ONTRENT Corporation has decided to purchase a motor mower for Fenton Park.
HAVANT Urban District Council has approved the proposed purchase of a lire-engine at an estimated cost of £950.
The works committee of MARY LEBONE Borough Council recommends the purchase of a Karrier motor sweeper and collector, at a cost of £950.
SmsE-ox-Tanrr Corporation's cleansing superintendent is making inquiries as to the suitability and working costs of oil-engined refuse collectors.
The gas committee of Stamm-KIK Corporation has accepted the tender, at £162, of E. E. Brown and Co., for the supply of a Morris-Cowley van.
The watch committee of STOKE-ONTRENT Corporation has accepted the tender of Hanley Garage, Ltd., at £590, for the supply of a police ambulance.
ENFIELD Urban District Council is to obtain information as to whether the general equipment and mobile appliances of the fire brigade are sufficient for the needs of the district.
GOSPORT Corporation requires tenders for the supply of a low-loading refuse collector with a capacity of 10 cubic yards. Tenders have to be delivered by February 7.
The highways committee of ENFIELD Urban District Council recommends the acceptance of the tender of the Arlington Motor Co. for the supply of four Ford 2-ton lorries at a cost of £1,160.
The highways committee of SMETRWICK Corporation has accepted the tender, at £290, of the Galton Garage for the supply of a Morris-Commercial SO-cwt. lorry with gritting attachment.
The transport committee of ABERDEEN Town Council is recommending the purchase of 12 new buses, comprising eight Crossley oil-engined chassis, two Thornycroft chassis with Gardner oil engines, and two Thornycroft chassis with Beardmore oil engines. It is also recommended that 10 of the bodies for the buses should be built by Pickering and Co., of Wishaw, and the remaining two by Messrs. William Walker, of Aberdeen. THIRSK Rural District Council is to invite tenders for a lorry.
BIRKENHEAD Corporation is buying a Leyland fire-engine costing £1,012. BIRKENHEAD Corporation is recommended to buy an A.E.C. Q-type doubledeck bus costing £1,840.
Two Dennis fire-engines have been supplied to BELFAST Corporation by Isaac Agnew, Ltd., Belfast.
The transport committee of SHIPLEY Urban District Council has decided to invite tenders for the supply of a refuse collector.
S WA DLINCOT'E Urban District Council is to make provision in estimates for the purchase of a lorry and a 2i-ton motor roller.
WARRINGTON Corporation requires tenders for the supply of a petrol vehicle, and these have to be delivered by February 18.
The fire-brigade committee of SUTTON COLDFIELD Corporation recommends the purchase of a Leyland 27 h.p. fire-engine at a cost of £911.
BunsTrzy Corporation is buying a Bedford ambulance and an Austin standard de luxe ambulance from VT. H. Harrison (Burnley), Ltd.
The cleansing committee of Hum. Corporation has decided to obtain tenders for the supply of a gully-emptier, estimated to cost £1,200.
HULL Corporation is spending £1,525 on the purchase of a Dennis fire-engine and is buying two trailer pumps of the same make at £368 each.
The electricity committee of MANcatEsTna Corporation recommends the acceptance of the tender of Messrs. A. and J. Harrison for the supply of a Morris 10-cwt. van.
The public assistance committee of the LONDON County Council recommends the purchase of a British-made tractor for Hollesley Bay colony, at an estimated cost of £185.
Five of the all-metal double-deck bodies to be fitted to the Crossley and Leyland oil-engined chassis to be purchased by MANCHESTER Corporation (as reported in last week's issue) will be built by Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Motor Bodies, Ltd.
BIRMINGHAM Fire Department is calling for tenders for four motor fireengines, equipped with escapes, and two inspection cars. Specifications may be obtained On application to the chief officer, Fire Brigade Headquarters, Upper Priory, Birmingham, 4, and tenders must be delivered by April 3.