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SHORTER ROUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL HAULIERS.
An old wood bridge over the River Forty Foot in Dowsby Fen, near Bourne and Spalding, is to be replaced by a new structure of steel. The cost is to be shared by Holland and Kesteven (Lincolnshire) County Councils and the Ministry of Transport. The bridge is expected to be completed by next autumn, and will provide a shorter route to Spalding in time for the sugar-beet and potato harvests.
Leylands Doing Good Municipal Business.
During the first few months of 1934, no fewer than 74 municipal operators placed orders for Leyland goods and passenger vehicles, more than 300 vehicles being involved. Leyland Motors, Ltd., tells us that overseas trade also has been good, orders for about 200 vehicles having been calved from 15 different countries.
Motors to Save Manchester £2,350 a
Year.
The cleansing committee of the Manchester Corporation is to purchase the following vehicles at an estimated cost of £6,227—
Five sliding-roof refuse collectors, a special motor for the collection of pails and their contents, a 5-ton tipping lorry for hauling dust and clinkers from the Blackley reparation plant, a 3-ton tipper for the delivery of mortar and general transport work, and a mechanical gully-emptier to displace handemptying of gullies.
• The cleansing committee states that, exclusive ef the economy to be expected from the suggested purchase of a 3-ton lorry, which it is difficult to estimate accurately, the total saving to be expected from a full year's working of
the proposed new motor vehicles, as compared with horsed transport, is estimated at £2,354.
"Banned Zone " for Filling Stations.
Kingston-upon-Thames Corporation proposes to schedule, under Section 11 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928, the Ham riverside area within the borough as a prohibited area for the establishment of petrol filling stations. A 1-TON BOXVAN WANTED BY JOHANNESBURG.
Johannesburg Municipality is calling for tenders, which have to be presented in that city by June 21, for the supply of a 1-ton petrol-driven boxvan. Those concerns in a position to supply vehicles of United Kingdom manufacture can obtain further details from the Department of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.1, quoting reference G.Y.13876.