The Leamington and District Motor Omnibuses.
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It is characteristic of the motor bus-that it should be found plying in surroundings of all natures, from the crowded streets of the Metropolis to the most beautiful and secluded spots in the country. An esteemed ' .correspondent, Mr. G. H. Smith, of the United Motor Industries, sent us an interesting letter, as the outcome of his own personal observations, which we published in our issue of August 24th, and we have now received from Mr. Donald T. McNeill, .of Messrs. Lyon Clark, McNeill and Co., Russell Street,, Leamington, some photographs and particulars of the service which -enables visitors to Leamington and Kenilworth conveniently to see the many attractive places in Shakespeare's country. This firm's country bus is a single-deck Milnes-Daimler to carry 18 passengers with luggage and parcels, the body being divided into smoking and non-smoking compartinents, and this vehicle runs twice daily from Leamington .to Stratford-on. Avon-, via Kenilworth, Guy's
Warwick, Barford, and Wellesbourne. The fact that from 15 to 2o people are almost invariably left behind testifies to the remarkable popularity of the new means of locomotion. Messrs. Lyon Clark, McNeill and Company also have two double -deck *MilnesDaimler omnibuses, which are luxuriously fitted up with folding doors, spring blinds, leather seats, and rubber floor mats. One of these is kept Solely for special holiday trips, except on each Wednesday and Saturday, when it forms part of a special round tour by the London and North-Western Railway. Tourists are booked from London, for a circular trip, the tickets taking them by train from Euston to Kenilworth, where one of the Leamington buses conveys them to Kenilworth Castle, half an hour being allowed there for inspection. Guy's Cliffe is next visited, and the same time is allowed, Warwick, where a halt of two hours
is called for luncheon and a visit to the Castle, being reached at one o'clock. LeavWarwick at three o'clock, the bus enters upon a 13-mile trip to Shottery, where Ann Hathaway's cottage can be inspected, and this stage is followed by the short run to Stratford-onAvon, where an hour and a hall is given for tea and a visit to Shakespeare's house. Proceeding to Leamington, the passengers are taken back to Euston in the 7.4 p.m. dining saloon train, the whole arrangement forming an admirable tour which could not be undertaken by any other means.
Another double-deck bus plies daily between the Oak Inn and Cubbington, passing through the Parade in Leamington, whilst four more omnibuses will shortly he delivered. When they arrive, additional country routes will be opened up, and it is probable that the firm's garage will be then nearly fully occupied. This building was once a busy horse repository, but a large sum of money has been spent on its conversion, with the result that it has been changed into an up-to-date motor house, with machine, repairing, and smiths' shops. It is open night and day, and the proprietors find a ;clod business offering for the storage and repairing of touring cars, in addition to their motor omnibus ramifications.