MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS
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SouetLeee nigitways Committee is to have a demonstration of refuse lorries.
Stewart and Ardern, Ltd., is supplying Sr. PANCRAS Borough Council with a lorry costing £240.
The electricity committee of WORTHING Corporation has authorized the purchase of a light van.
The works committee of LOWESTOFT Corporation has authorized the purchase of a refuse collector at a cost not exceeding £300.
ERITH Urban District Council seeks tenders, to be delivered to the clerk by December 80, for a Fordson 2-ton sixwheeled library van.
The works committee of IsuNorom Borough Council recommends the purchase of two S.D. Freighters for refuse collection, at a cost of. £750 each.
WILMSLOW Urban District Council requires tenders, to be delivered to the surveyor by January 9, for the supply of a 16 li.p. six-cylindered ambulance.
The transport committee of LowesTOFT Corporation has renewed a contract with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., for the maintenance of bus tyres at 20 per
cent. oie the old contract price. , The cleansing committee of WALLSEND Corporation recommends the purchase of two S.D. Freighters at a cost of £612 each, and two Commer 2-ton standard lorries at £324 each.
The tramways and omnibus -committee of DERBY Corporation has decided to recommend that orders be given for 12 new trolley-buses, at a total cost of £21,000. It is proposed to buy 12 chassis at £1,071 each from Guy Motors, Ltd., and bodies at £690 each from the Metropolitnn-CarnmellWeymann concern. Gosecatett Urban District Council is to purchase an Austin ambulance of the Metropolitan type for £690.
BOURNEMOUTH Education Committee has authorized the purchase of a motor roller for the school playing fields.
ACTON Corporation has decided to provide another lorry at a cost of about £420 and a motor sweeper at about £578, to improve the scavenging system.
The transport committee of ABERDEEN 'Corporation is inviting tenders, to be delivered by January 14, for the supply of 12 compression-ignition-engined double-deck buses.
MERTHYR TYDFIL Corporation proposes to purchase a fire-engine and is being urged by the Ministry of Health to acquire a more expensive and powerful model than that originally intended to be bought.
'SOUTHGATE Urban District Council is inviting tenders for a 2-3-ton lowloading tipping lorry, with a capacity of not less than 5 cubic yards. Tenders have to be received by the surveyor, Mr. R. Phillips, Town Hall, Palmers Green, London, N.13, by January 9.
The chairman and vice-chairman of the transport committee of ROTHERHAM Corporation have been authorized to accept a tender for the supply of five trolley-buses, after trials have been made with the motors loaned by two chassis makers for testing in existing vehicles.
lieseon and ISLEWORTH Borough Council invites tenders for the supply of a 20-h.p. motor ambulance. Forms of tender, etc., may be obtained on application to Mr. • J. G. Carey, A.M.Inst.C.E., borough surveyor, Council Rouge, Hounslow, and tenders have to be delivered by noon on January 7.