THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR MUNICIPAL PURCHASES
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Baron Urban District Council is to buy a new motor fire-engine costing £1,015.
Ammmnonoucit (Norfolk) Parish Council is to purchase a fire-engine costing £450.
The highways committee of GILDINGKam Corporation has authorized the purchase of a tipping lorry.
The electricity committee of BURTONON-TRENT Corporation has authorized the purchase of a 7-8 h.p. van.
The sanitary committee of OSSETT Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Dennis 30-cwt. lorry.
Messrs. Carter and Finmore are supprying a Ransome motor mower, costing £85, to PORTSMOUTH Corporation.
At the next meeting of PONTYPOOL Urban District Council the purchase of a fire-engine is to be recommended.
The electricity committee of WAKEFIELD Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Jowett van at a" cost of about £150.
The highways committee of BEDFORD Corporation is in favour of buying an S.D. Freighter for refuse collection ; the cost is £692.
The cleansing committee of CHESTERFIELD Corporation recommends the purchase of a Karrier refuse-collecting vehicle at a cost of £900.
The health committee of BURTON-ONTRENT Corporation has decided to obtain tenders from local agents for the supply of a refuse-collection vehicle.
GELLYGAER Urban District Council has decided to buy buses to the value of £7,000, and has asked the Ministry of Health to sanction the necessary loan.
The fire-brigade committee of Cams= Urban District Council is obtaining tenders, which have to be delivered by July 23rd, for the supply of a fire-engine.
The highways committee of WATFORD Corporation favours the tender, at £711, of the Watford. Motor Co., for the supply of a Conner 3-ton lorry with tipping body and sanding apparatus.
Two Thornycroft forward-control pneumatic-tyred refuse collectors, equipped with F.M. patent bodies, are recommended to be bought by FARNHAM Urban District Council; the cost is £640 each.
The cleansing committee of EAST HAM Corporation recommends the purchase of an Electricar 3.1-ton vehicle at a cost of £799, and two S.D. Freighter 3-tonners costing £1,406. In each ,case there is an allowance for old vehicles.
The stores committee of the LONDON County Council has contracted with Clement Talbot, Ltd. (23 chassis), the Elkington Carriage Co. Ltd., and Mr. A. Stening for the supply and maintenance of ambulance chassis and bodies.
The fire-brigade committee of the LceenoN County Council is buying nine Dennis motor pumps and six escape vans costing 117,442, and nine Merryweather motor pumps at £11,025. In each case old appliances are to be taken in part payment. Two John Morris 85-ft. turntable ladders and one 100-ft. outfit are to be bought for £7,492. B24
KNOWN as the JN tipping trailer is a design of which we give a diagrammatic representation on this page. The invention is that of Mr. J. L. Neane, 25, Tennyson Avenue, New Malden, Surrey. He will be pleased to hear from any persons who might be interested in the manufacture of this machine.
For coupling to the tractor is the drawbar (DB), jointed at the points Pl, P2 and P3. A vertical member (V) also is pivoted at P3 and normally liee against the front of trailer body (TB), to which it is sebured by a catch (C) while travelling. At the upper end of V is the connection between it and the thrust member (TM), which runs to the point P2 on the drawbar. Other types of drawbar are considered. From the joint P1 a vertical link (14 is connected to the thrust member by the pin (S). The last-named serves to lock all the linkage of the drawbar, thereby making it rigid while travelling. If the tractor be backed with the pin (S) in position, the trailer merely reverses its direction, but if the pin (S) be withdrawn and catch C released, the linkhge assumes the position shown in the diagram by chain lines, thus raising the front of the trailer. body and discharging the load.
Should it be desired, suitable attachments may be provided on the trailer body (TB) for coupling to the spokes of the wheels, thereby preventing their rotation except as the body rises. The only hand operation is the release of the pin and catch.