MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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SOUTHGATE Urban District Council is buying a Leyland fire-engine.
PONTARDAWE Rural District Council is to buy a new light lorry at an estimated cost of £213.
The health committee of Toe-mist...LI! Urban District Council is to obtain a new disinfecting van at a cost of £200.
The parks committee of Tow/gm:we Urban District Council has asked the engineer to obtain particulars and prices of a small tractor.
The transport department of PERTH Corporation has placed an order for two Thornycrofe Daring 100 h.p. fourwheel chassis for double-deck buses.
CARMARTHEN Town Council proposes to spend £1,167 on improving its firebrigade equipment, including the purchase of a trailer outfit (£450) and a tender (£230).
The works committee of SOUTHGATE Urban District Council has accepted the tender of Carmo, Ltd., for the supply of a Bedford 2-ton long-wheelbase refuse collector with hydraulic tipping gear.
PRESTON Electricity Committee proposes to purchase a mobile showroom at an estimated Cost of £750, subject to the Lancashire Electric Power Co. paying -half of the capital cost and meeting the running costs.
ToTTENTIAM Urban District Council is inviting tenders for the supply of a motor ambulance. Further particulars may be obtained from the supetintendent of the fire brigade, Central Fire Station, The Green, Tottenham, London, N.15 Tenders have to be received not later than noon on April 13. EXETER Corporation is recommended to purchase a 20-seater bus.
HATFIELD Rural District Council is considering the purchase of a new fireengine.
The cleansing committee of /Amos Corporation is to purchase a Lure road sweeper.
BRENTFORD and CHISWICK Town Council has approved an expenditure of £750 on the purchase of a new ambulance.
LEEDS Corporation is hiring an A.E.C. bus of new type, for demonstration purposes, for six months, subject to certain terms.
The highway committee of MIDDLESEX County Council recommends the acceptance of the tender of W. Harold Perry, Ltd., for the supply of a Fordson 2-ton lorry equipped with three-waytipping gear.
The cleansing committee of BIRKENHEAD Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Morris-Commercial chassis, equipped with an hydraulic tipping body.
The tramway and omnibus committee of BIRMINGHAM Corporation requires tenders for the supply of 110 doublesaloon bus bodies, 50 of them for mount
ing on trolley-bus chassis. Forms of tender for each type of body, and other particulars, can be obtained from the general manager of the municipal pas
senger. transport undertaking, the Council House. Congreve Street, Birmingham. Tenders have to be delivered not later than 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 22.