Bus line, 1925-1937

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Component identifier:
Series 2
Content Summary:

This series is papers to do with the Metropolitan Omnibus Company formed in 1925. This included the Memorandum of Association, balance sheets, and correspondence. It includes material on the closure of Metropolitan by the Government in 1932, and the sale of the assets to the Government.

Folio items include Newspaper clippings, 1931-33; Photograph of the Annual Christmas Day Picnic tendered by the Metropolitan Omnibus Company to children from inner suburbs of Sydney.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was donated to the Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme by Lady Stewart in 1986.

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2877457).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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