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5th April 1932, Page 64
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PASSENGER TRANSPORT

A NEW BUS FLEET FOR MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM

A.E.C. Vehicles Formally Delivered to the Mayor and Officials of Morecambe

lO INCE 1927 Morecambe and Hey sham Corporation has used motor traction for its public-vehicle services, having previously had a combination of horse traction and motorbuses. The gradual increase in receipts from mechanical traction and the growth of road mileage have necessitated a considerable addition to the existing fleet. Fourteen leading makers were asked to tender for double-deck vehicles, and the tender of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., was accepted after much consideration. A few days ago the corporation formally accepted delivery of six A.E.C. Regent double-saloon buses and one Regal single-decker. The bodies have been constructed by Weymann Motor Bodies (1925), Ltd., and are of the de luxe type, incorporating ideas suggested by the corporation transport committee.

In the presence of a large company Mr. Norman A. Hardie (general sales manager, of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd.) handed over the buses to the Mayor of Morecambe and Heysham, Mr. Frank C. Faby, M.InErt.T.

Mr. Hardie congratulated the toivn upon its enterprise, saying that he had lately noticed that Morecambe was about to spend 1.200,000 in effecting improvements, and that it was only by wise spending that they could recover the labour standard in this country. He stated that transport was now becoming a national institution and was largely in the hands of big combines operating from London or provincial centres, and that it was up to the municipalities to safeguard their interests by employing to the fullest extent the powers they enjoyed.

Mr. M. Benson, chairman of the Morecambe transport committee, in reply, remarked that the A.E.O. concern, which had a fine reputation, now came to virgin soil with the last word in buses.

The mayor advised the transport committee, now that it had started on progressive lines, to scrap all obsolete vehicles without delay.


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