BRITAIN’S “CLIPPIES”
SOUTH AFRICAN BUSES BEING USED. 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 which certain South African municipalities had in Britain. The first of these vehicles is about to be licensed and will soon be plying in a busy London suburb. They are six inches wider than those at present used in London, and the extra space will 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 used in Britain, and some of them can seat 72 passengers. A feature in the South African buses which is novel to Londoners are the drop windows fitted throughout with Purdah glass in the upper halves, giving plenty of 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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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1942, Page 4
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171BRITAIN’S “CLIPPIES” Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1942, Page 4
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