BRITAIN'S 'CLIPPERS'
WILL LIKE SOUTH AFRICAN BUSES South African trolley buses, exactly the same as those now running in the streets of Durban and Johannesburg, have recently been acquired by the London Passenger Transport Board, the result of uncompleted contracts Avhich certain South African municipalities had in Britain. The first of these vehcles is .about to be licensed and will soon be plying in a busy London suburb. They are six inches wider than those a) present used in London, and the extra space Avill be greatly appreciated by the "Clippies," the women conductresses, during rush hours. Each trolley-bus is equipped with a 100 h.p. motor, probably the largest ever vised in Britain, and some of them can seat 72 passengers. A feature in the South African buses which is novel to Londoners arc the drop windows fitted throughout with Purdah glass in the upper halves, giving plenty el' ventilation and reducing glare from the sun. , There are 43 vehicles in all, 25 of them intended for Durban and 18 for Johannesburg.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 2
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172BRITAIN'S 'CLIPPERS' Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 26, 9 March 1942, Page 2
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