Unloading the new diesel bus

2 August 1954

Unloading the new diesel bus

2 August 1954

A diesel bus, the first of seventy two ordered by the Christchurch Transport Board, being unloaded at Lyttelton.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: South East / Lyttelton

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

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