1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156 
Britain Supplies First Buses for the Bahamas
Page 108
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Some Interesting Features in a Trio of A.E.0 . Buses, with Park Royal Bodies, for Use in the Island of New Providence
SOON to leave on their 4,000-mile sea journey for the Bahamas, three A.E.C. Regal buses will shortly be placed in service by the newly formed Nassau Transportation Co, These will be the first public service vehicles of their kind to operate in this colony.
Mounted upon specially shortened chassis, the Regals, with an attractive exterior livery of cream and green, will each carry 30 passengers-12 white residents in the first-class compartment. and 18 natives in the second-class. All three vehicles are powered by standard petrol engines.
The bodies are sturdily constructed and embody teak for the main framing, cross-bearers, pillars, etc. Each compartment has its own entrance, the first-class in the form of a front sliding door, and the second-class in a waisthigh hinged door at the rear. A sliding door in the dividing partition provides communication between the two compartments.
In the first-class compartment tubular-frame-type seats with Dunlopillo fillings and green leather upholstery have been used; in the secondclass teak slatted seats are affixed longitudinally. The former section has an interior decoration scheme of green with mouldings and cappings of polished mahogany, whilst the latter compartment has a waxed matt c58 finished woodwork and a white cellulosect roof.
Ventilation is, of course, portant and the first-class compartment is provided with four Flettner-type ventilators and purdah-glass louvres over the side windows, all of which are of the full-drop pattern: the front bulkhead window is also made to drop. There are no windows in the secondclass section, which is provided with canvas blinds as a protection -against rainstorms.
The interior equipment includes four pillar lamps, chromium-plated fittings and rexine-finished parcel racks in the first-class division, and three roof lamps and slatted parcel racks in the secondclass section. Both entrances have their own lights; that at the front being automatically switched on with the opening of the door. The bodies were built by Park Royal Coathworks, Ltd., Abbey Road, London, N.W.10. •
The new buses will bring valuable travelling facilities to the Island oi New Providence which has, hitherto, -been dependent upon privately owned cars and native conveyances.