OMNIBUS CENTENARY.
Among the numerous centenarians which may be celebrated this year, if anyone feels so disposed, i_ that of the omnibus. The omnibus "for all" was, of course, a direct descendant of the stage coach, which flourished in England until it was superseded by the railway. But the first real omnibus, carrying passengers for short distances in towns, seems to have been put on the streets at Nantes in the summer of 1820. Mr. Shillibeer, formerly a coachmaker in Paris, started a line of buses in London in 1829. the route being from Paddington to the Bank, and the fare one shilling "all the way." After that the development was fairly rapid, and seats on the roof became common, lt was not until 1855 that the London General Omnibus Company came into existence, absorbing «_ number of smaller' firms and beginning with 580 buses.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 2 November 1925, Page 18
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