Adelaide - Transport
Motor Buses
Also see South Australia - Motor Cars and Cycles
"Motor Car Service for Adelaide" is in the Express,
1 May 1903, page 1g,
Observer,
2 May 1903, page 32e.
A suggested scheme for omnibuses is reported in the Register,
14 December 1903, page 6f.
"Motor Omnibuses or Trams" is discussed on
20 July 1904, page 4d,
"Motor Omnibuses" on
21 July 1904, page 4g,
"Motor Omnibuses for Adelaide" on
6, 9 and 13 May 1905, pages 5h, 4f and 7d,
The Critic,
24 May 1905, page 28.
"Adelaide and Motor Buses - Will They Pay?" is in the Register,
30 May 1905, page 3f.
"The First Motor Bus" is in the Register,
16 February 1906, page 4d,
Express,
19 January 1906, page 2c,
16 and 24 February 1906, pages 3g and 1d,
8 March 1906, page 2e,
"Adelaide's First Buses" in The Mail,
12 July 1924, page 2f.
Information on the Motor Bus Company and a photograph of a bus are in the Observer,
13 May 1905, page 25.
"Motor Trams or Omnibuses - The Folly of Electrification" is in the Register,
7 June 1905, page 5c; also see
1 July 1905, page 6g.
Omnibus by-laws are in the Register on
15 August 1905, pages 4f-5c,
"Motor Buses - Unsatisfactory Even as a Makeshift" on
9 January 1906, page 6c; also see
20 November 1906, page 4e.
Information on and photographs of the Adelaide Motor Works Garage are in the Observer,
30 June 1906, page 30.
"Where Are the Motor Buses?" is in the Register,
20 November 1906, page 4e; also see
10 November 1907, page 6h,
12 February 1908, page 9f.
"Motor Buses - A Fleet for Adelaide" is in the Register,
4 and 6 June 1914, pages 6g and 11 (advt.); also see
16, 17 and 24 June 1914, pages 7d, 9f and 12f,
14 July 1914, page 9c,
3 and 17 November 1914, pages 6g and 7d.
"Motor Bus Services", including photographs, is in the Advertiser,
6 June 1914, page 23c; also see
12 and 19 June 1914, pages 11c and 15a,
27 February 1915, page 14f,
18 March 1915, page 6d.
"Tram versus Motor Bus" is in the Register,
7 and 8 November 1923, pages 8d and 13d,
9 January 1924, page 8e,
14 and 28 May 1924, pages 8e and 8d,
28 June 1924, page 9f,
16, 17 and 18 July 1924, pages 8c-9a, 10a and 11c,
20 and 26 August 1924, pages 9f and 8d,
27 September 1924, page 9c.
The proposed introduction of motor bus services is traversed in the Register on
6, 17, 18, 22, 24 and 29 June 1914, pages 10c-11, 9f, 7b, 8g, 12f and 3i,
17 and 25 November 1914, pages 7d and 6d,
1 March 1915, page 6d,
1 July 1915, page 4d.
"Motor Bus Boycotted by Soldiers" is in the Register,
26 and 27 October 1915, pages 4c and 10h; also see
5 and 6 January 1916, pages 7b and 5c,
20 March 1916, page 5c.
"Tram v Motor Bus" is in the Register,
7 November 1923, page 8d.
"Motor Buses and Trams" is in the Advertiser,
10 and 29 May 1924, pages 6e and 6e.
A motor bus bill is discussed in the Register,
1 December 1924, pages 6f-7c; also see
2, 3, 6 and 19 December 1924, pages 9d, 9f, 10d and 10c-13a,
15 January 1925, page 8d,
24 March 1925, pages 8e-9c,
1, 3, 8, and 9 December 1925, pages 9f, 10g, 13b and 10c,
14 January 1926, page 8b,
Advertiser,
8 December 1925, page 12e,
Register,
14 January 1926, page 8b,
27 and 30 March 1926, pages 11d and 11f.
Also see Register,
10 April 1926, page 10c,
12 and 13 August 1926, pages 8c-10a and 9c,
14 September 1926, page 8d,
21 and 22 October 1926, pages 6g-8c and 9g,
8, 9 and 19 November 1926, pages 10a, 12h and 11g.
"Luxurious Passenger Transport" is in the Register,
5 March 1925, page 10e.
A trial of a double-decker bus is reported in the Register,
9 March 1926, page 10e.
"The Transport War" is in the Register,
8 April 1926, page 8c.
"Motor Bus Licences" is in the Advertiser,
11, 12 and 17 January 1927, pages 14f, 9a and 12f,
"Proscribing the Motor Bus" in the Register,
21 January 1927, pages 8d-9c; also see
1 April 1927, page 8c,
"Bus and Incubus" on
10 April 1928, page 8c.
"Private Buses to Run Again" is in The Mail,
14 December 1929, page 1c.
"Losses on Trust Buses" is in The News,
16 July 1931, page 8d,
10 August 1921, page 5f.
"Swing to Trolley Buses" is in the Advertiser,
26 September 1935, page 10a.
"Arrival of Diesel Buses" is in The News,
23 April 1936, page 8h.
