Municipal Purchases and Proposals.
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LOWESTOFT Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Ford motor lorry . for the works department.
BEDFORD Corporation recommends the purchaSe ot a motor lorry for the electricity department at a cost of about 1300.
.WEST RIDING Education Committee recommends on expenditure of 11,100 for the purchase of motorvans for the central stores department.
The works committee of the BERMONDSEY Borough Council reports that, in connection with the Proposed purchase of tipping vehicles, it has Inspected a number of types, and has decided that the Dennis tipping vehicle is the most suitable for the council's use. Instructions have accordingly been given for the purchase of six tipping wagons of this make.
The sanitary committee of the Bansesusr Corporation has considered the question of the mechanical vehicles in nse by the department, and recommends that the cleansing superintendent be asked to prepare a report showing what repairs have been carried out 'during the past few months, as well as referring to the present condition of The motors and indicating the future requirements of the department LARNE Urban District Council is Coned•ring the provision of a motor fireengine.
RICHMOND (Surrey) Town Council is purchasing five S.D. Freighters at a cost of 1671 each.
NORTH BERretese. Town Council is to buy a new Motor fire-engine at an estimated cost of 1800.
KENSINGTON .Borough Council is to purchase a motor tractor for dust collection at a cost of £600.
CARNAIVION Town Council has authorized a sub-committee to obtain tenders for a new motor fire-engine.
HENntel Urban District Council is to purchase a second fire-engine of a lighter type for the new Mill Hill station.
The works and streeta committee of the SWINDON Town Council is to purchase a steam roller, fitted with a ecarie fier, for the sum of /763.
The omnibus committee of the LEscreersit Tramways Committee has decided to recommend the city council to purchase nine new buses at a cost of 116,200. It is proposed that six of the vehicles should be six-wheeled doubledeckers and the others single-deckers of the one-man controlled type. BIRMINGHAM Education Committee has authorized the purchase of a small inotorvan at a cost of about /160. .
GLASGOW Corporation recommends the purchase of a Ford lorry for the water department at a cost of 1200 The tramways committee of the ABER,DEEN CdrpOratiOD is inviting tenders ,for the supply of 10 32-seater motorbuses.
The health committee of the GLASGOW Corporation has recommended the Purchase of two Ford 30-cwt. lorries at a cost of 1560.
BECKENHAM Urban District Council has accepted the tender of Mr. J. B. Pilin at £160 for the supply of a Morris-Cowley inotorvan.
SroceceroN Corporation has accepted the tender of Mr. P. Duffy, of Norton, for the erection of a new motorbus garage at a cost of /5,810.
GE,t-e-nsmen Town Council has received the sanction of the Ministry of Health to purchase motor vehicles for the collection of refuse and for cesspool emptying.
SWINDON Town Council has authorized the electricity and tramways corne mittee to make application for sanction to borrow 126,000 for the purchase of 15 Leyland double-deck motorbuses.