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ATLANTEAN REPEAT FOR LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport committee recommends acceptance of the tender from Leyland Motors Ltd. for 120 Atlantean double:deck chassis at a total cost of £362,640, and the tender of Metropolitan Cammell Weymann Ltd. for bodies to be mounted on these chassis at a total cost of £522,000.
BOW YER BODIES FOR BEDFORDS: Syd Abrams Ltd., Bedford main dealers, has ordered 40 pantechnicon bodies from Bowyer Bros. (Congleton) Ltd., to be mounted on Bedford SR passenger chassis. Each body will have a capacity of about 1,800 cu. ft., and the chassis will be fitted with Tecalemit automatic chassis lubrication. A.E.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA: Contracts recently received from South African operators by A.E.C. Ltd. total more than :Elm. All chassis will be supplied c.k.d. for assembly at A.E.C. Vehicles (S.A.) Ltd.'s plant, and will include 36 Mandator tractive units, 24 Mammoth Major six-wheelers, 20 Ranger heavy-duty bus chassis and 12. Regal Mk. VI bus/coach chassis.
HAROLD WOOD BOOST ORDER: Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., of Heckmondwike, has ordered 16 A.E.C. Mercury medium-weight tractive units, in addition to the 136 A,E.C. vehicles recently ordered. A.E.C. TANKERS FOR STOUT: Guinness Transport Ltd. has ordered six more A.EC, Mammoth Major chassis to be fitted with 2,800-gal. aluminium multi-compartment tanks by Mickleover Transport Ltd., of North London. They will be easily recognizable by virtue of their anodised exterior finish in place of the familiar dark blue livery in current use.
TEN POORE FOR PYE: Nine more Dennis Fax V pantechnicons and one Fax V tractive unit have been ordered by Eye Radio Ltd. SEMI TRAILERS FOR GROCERIES: Alfred Button and Sons Ltd. has ordered live Scammell 8-ton drop-frame semi-trailers to be fitted with box bodies.
STEPNEY ORDERS THREE: Following the introduction of the Dennis Model system of refuse collection, the Borough of Stepney has ordered three • tnore Paxii Major BA refuse collectors with bin hoist equipment.