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MANDATORS WITH NEW CABS: Belgian and Luxembourg operators have placed orders for a total of 28 A.E.C. Mandator chassis, to be supplied c.k.d. to A.E.C. Continental, S.A., at Antwerp. They will be fitted with the new Bollekens luxury cab announced last week.
REFUSE VEHICLES FOR B1.+31 INGHAM: Birmingham Corporation Salvage committee has placed a contract with 6 lover Webb and Liversidge for the suoply of five Haller Dustless refuse collection vehicles, one Par Collection vehicle and one Mobile Tip Transport vehicle, and wiM Sheivoke and Drewry Ltd. for six Pakamatic Dustless ruse collectors, one Pakantari 7 refuse collector, and four Pakamatic Md.: loading refuse collectors.
MORE DENN1S/JOHNSTON SWEEPERS: Dennis Bros. Ltd. has received orders for Dennis/Johnston suction road sweepers from the following local authorities: • Orpington (2), Basildon, Cleethorpes and Weston Super Mare. MANDATOR ARTICS FOR MOBIL: The Mobil Oil Co. Ltd. has ordered 10 A.E.C. Mandator tractive unitsto operate in conjunction with 4,000-gal. multi-compartment, all-steel semi-trailers constructed by Steel Barrel Co. Ltd., Uxbridge, and the Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co. (Bradford) Ltd.
LEYLAND S FOR EARTHQUAKE TOWN: Gradsko Saobracajno Preduzece (Skopje Municipal Transport) has ordered 55 Leyland Worldmaster LERT 1/1 underfloor-eng:Med bus chassis for service in the Yugoslav town ravaged by last year's earthquake The new buses will have 34-ft.-long bodies, 30 to be built in Britain and 25 to be constructed locally. Three doors will be fittro to these I00-passenger vehicles, seating being provided for 23 passengers only. A feature of the chassis will be a hill-holding devtx incorporated in. the four-speed, semiautomatic Pneumocyche gearbox to provide a smooth pull away from stops on steep inclines A.E.C, ENGINES FOR FRANCE: Orden to the value of £21,000 have been placed with A.E.C. Ltd. for AV470 144 b,h.p. engines and six-speed, overdrive, constant-mesh gearboxes. The contract is from the Society des Automobiles et Materieles Verney, Le Mans, to be fitted in buses which Verney supply. SIMON SNORKEL FOR TASMANIA: Simon Engineering Dudley Ltd. has received an order from the Launceston Fire Brigade, Tasmania, for a Snorkel Firefly DS 50 firefighting unit. The Firefly is a smaller version of the 65-ft. Simon • Snorkel, with a maximum reach of 50 ft. The unit for Tasmania, ordered 'through the company's newly appointed agents in Australasia, Worrnald Bros. (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Port Melbourne, Victoria, will be mounted on a Bedford vehicle with bodywork constructed by H. C. B. Angus Ltd., Totton, Southampton.
NEW COACHES FOR B.O.A.C.: Two 36-ft. A.E.C. Reliance coaches with Harrington Grenadier 51-seat bodies have been introduced by British Overseas Airways Corporation to ferry passengers between Glasgow and Prestwick Airport.