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Delivery of the four Commer buses, which made up the first Municpal bus fleet, was taken 7 September 1921, from Messrs Dawber Ltd, and services began 8 September with a universal fare of 3d. A total of 129 applications were received for the positions of bus driver: 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 3
Date
1921
Digitisation ID
2010N_Bus3_3231
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North

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photographs,
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