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EAST AFRICAN ORDERS: East African Railways and Harbours Administration have ordered 22 Leyland Beaver trucks and six Scammell Scarab diesel-engined threewheelers. The Beavers will be powered by the new Leyland 0.680 200 b.h.p. diesel engine and fitted with a six-speed gearbox with overdrive. Four Leyland Worldmaster buses have been ordered by Kenya Bus Services, Ltd., of Nairobi.
MORE REL1ANCES: A further seven A.E.C. Reliance underfloor-engined coaches have been ordered by Smiths Tours (Wigan), Ltd.
PAPER CARRIERS: Bowaters Services and Transport, Ltd., have ordered 53 Scammell 12-ton semi-trailers with 25-ft. flat platforms. They will be used for the transport of newsprint and finished paper products.
AUSTRALIAN A.E.C.s: Orders from Australia for A.E.C. goods and passenger chassis include eight Mammoth Majors for Johnstone River Transport, of Queensland, and nine Mandators for the Melbourne Manufacturing Bottle Co.
MURPHY MULTI-WHEELERS: Murphy Bros., of Leicester, have ordered 12 A.E.C. Mammoth Major eight-wheelers and four A.E.C. Marshall six-wheelers.
A LBIONS FOR MA LA YA: The Malayan Public Works Department has ordered 190 Albion Chieftain and 50 Albion Reiver chassis. Edbro-B and E tipping gear and dumper bodies will be fitted on arrival in Malaya. The order is worth over £500,000, CO-OP TANKERS: Five Scammell Highwayman tractive units ordered by the London Co-operative Society will be operated with 3,000-gal. single compartment stainless steel tanks mounted on Scammell air suspension bogies.
TURNTABLE LADDER FOR LONDON: The London Fire Brigade have ordered a Magirus 100-ft. hydraulically operated turntable ladder from David Haydon, Ltd., of Birmingham.