MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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SALFORD Corporation is recommended to purchase a number of S.D. Freighters.
GELLTGA.ER Urban District Council is to borrow £4,400 for the purchase of three new buses.
MERTHYR General Hospital Board is to spend up to £500 on the purchase of a two-stretcher ambulance.
The highways committee of GumnFORD Corporation is to invite tenders for the supply of a 30-cwt. lorry.
The highways committee of WEST Bacnewion Corporation recommends the purchase of a Fordson tractor.
The . works committee of '&1/gown Borough Council recommends the purchase of two S.D. Freighter 3-tonners.
The works committee of ILFORD Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of a Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. van.
The watch committee Of SALFORD Corporation favours the tender of II. E. Nunn and Co. for the supply of a Ford 1-ton chassis.
The watch committee ot SourerronT Corporation has appointed a sub-committee, with power to act, to deal with the proposal for the purchase of an ambulance.
The electricity committee of ST. PANcrus Borough Council recommends the acceptance of the tender of Walson, Ltd., for the supply of a Scammell 3-ton Mechanical Horse.
The works committee of BARKING Corporation recommends the acceptance of the tender of Aveling and Barford and Perkins, Ltd., for the supply of a 1-ton petrol roller.
The fire brigade committee of CATER-. RAH Urban District Council recommends the purchase of a Dennis fire tender with first-aid equipment and a Dennis trailer pump.
The highways committee of BARROWIN-EMITESS Corporation has accepted the tender of Loxhams Garages (Lancaster), Ltd., for the supply of a MorrisCommercial Leader vehicle.
Hum: Corporation is to purchase bus tyres on a mileage basis, contracts to be divided, so far as possible, in the proportion of two-thirds to the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., and one-third to the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. The waterworks committee of Bor..TON Corporation is to purchase a new 30-cwt. vehicle.
BARRING Corporation is recommended to buy from the Albon Stores an Austin ambulance and a delivery van of similar make.
LEICESTER Corporation Is buying a Crossley six-cylinder oil-engined doubledecker having the chassis maker's allmetal body.
The works committee of MAMEBOND Borough Council recommends the purchase of a Karrier combined sweeping and collecting machine.
The watch committee of EASTBOURNE Corporation recommends the acceptance of the tender of Mansfields, Ltd., for the supply of a Bedford vehicle.
The health committee of WortnniaTON Corporation recommends the purchase of an Austin 16 h.p. six-cylinder fever ambulance at a cost of £434.
JOHNSTONE Town Council is to purchase a motor vehicle for the cleans ing department. As a result, three horse-drawn carts will be displaced.
Inv-ER.1,0ot Corporation requires a 2-ton drop-sided petrol lorry, extra to be quoted for fitting tipping gear. Tenders have to be delivered by August 21.
PRESTON Town Council has accepted the tender of Leyland Motors, Ltd., for the supply of six bus chassis, and that of the English Electric Co,, Ltd., for bodies for them.
ENTIEL,D Urban District Council requires a 6-ton oil-engined road roller and a 2i-ton petrol roller suitable for footpath rolling and other light work. Tenders have to be submitted by noon on August 8.
The transport committee of Hum. Corporation has authorized the general manager to obtain 10 new double-deck buses required in connection with the co-ordination scheme with East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd.
Further to the paragraph appearing in our issue dated July 21, BRADFORD Corporation is now in the market for additional fire-brigade equipment, including a first-aid low-loading appliance with pump, etc., to carry six men. Tenders have to be delivered to the Town Clerk by 9 a.m. on Aueust 21.