Physical description

Folder with papers - Manila Folder titled in ink "Motor Omnibus Acts" containing copies of the relevant Acts of Parliaments, memos and type extracts regarding the use of buses in Melbourne.



Inside front cover - typed list of four Acts



Bound with a brass clip:

Act 3742 - "Motor Omnibus Acts" - 1928 with amendments

Act 3851 - "An Act relating to Motor Omnibuses"

Act 4032 - Amending of Section 35 of the 1928 Act]

Act 4352 - "Provision with to the Control of Traffic on Roads" - 1935 - allowed State Govt to set regulations to control traffic in various Melbourne and Geelong Municipalities.



Loose sheets



"Extract from Victoria Gazette - 21/11/1945 - addition to the Metropolitan Motor Omnibus Regulations - re the interiors - seats and bulkheads.



Various letters and memo to the Rolling stock Engineer, including a letter from Leyland's 1950 regarding Motor bus weights.



Notes on "Motor Omnibus Acts" 3378 - Points to be observed, UK Metropolitan Stage (Motor) Carriages,



Three page copy of a memo (last page loose) dated 26/11/1935 - Tenders for the supply of 10 additional motor buses - Leyland Cub buses - issues with the vehicles. See image i2.pdf