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Fire-engine Wanted in South Africa.
His Majesty's Trade Commissioner at Johannesburg reports that Boksburg Town Council is calling for tenders, whieh have to be presented in South Africa by June 8, for the supply of a fire-engine. Those concerns in a position to offer goods of United Kingdom manufacture can obtain further details from the Department of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.1, reference 0X12552 being quoted.
Welsh Councils and a Fire-engine • Purchase.
The question of whether Ystradgyn. leis and Pontardawe Councils shall each buy fire-engines or whether they shall combine in a joint scheme is now being discussed, The Ystradgynlais authority has notified Pontardawe Council that, unless agreement can be effected under which joint equipment should be paid for by the municipalities on a ra:,otible-valne basis, the council would consider buying its own engine and equipment.
The reply of the Pontardawe Council is that Ystradgynlais should reconsider the former authority's previous offer for purchasing on a basis other than that of rateable value. In the event of Ystradgynlais failing to accept Pontardawe will buy its own equipment.
A Big Order for All-metal Bodies.
Metropolitan Cammell Weymann Motor Bodies, Ltd., has received an important order from Birmingham Corporation for 97 all-metal bodies' 47 of them being of the 53-seater doublesaloon type for mounting on MorrisCommercial Imperial chassis, had the remainder 58-seater double-saloon bodies for mounting on Leyland-G.E.C. trolleybus chassis. The bodies are to be built at the company's Birmingham works.
The order is said to be the largest which has ever been placed with one company in this country for all-metal passenger bodies.