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Palmerston North town bus services began in 1921, funded by the Borough Council. A total of 129 applications were received for the positions of bus drivers, who were appointed August 1921. Employees: Hector M Susited; H G Wickes; R Cronin; G H Whittaker (replaced by P G Patton); R Hill; K H Kersel; A Maunder; R J Hodren; M Coughlan (Night watchman and cleaner at the bus sheds)

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bus 4
Date
1921
Digitisation ID
2010N_Bus4_3230
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North

Object rights

License
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Taxonomy

Tags
omnibus,
photographs,
transport,
vehicle,
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