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3. Great South Road .. From city via Anzac Avenue, Symonds Street, Khyber Pass, Newmarket, and via Great South Road to terminus at Wairakei Road. A loop for race traffic is provided on this route at Woodbine Avenue. 5-06 miles. 4. Onehunga .. .. From city (G.P.0.) via Queen Street, Symonds Street, Khyber Pass, Newmarket, and via Manakau Road through Epsom, One Tree Hill, Mount Roskill, and Onehunga to terminus at Mangere Bridge. 7-5 miles. 5. Mount Eden .. .. From city (G.P.0.) via Queen Street, Wellesley Street, Symonds Street, and Mount Eden Road, through Mount Eden district to terminus at Balmoral Road. 3-47 miles. 6. Dominion Road .. From city (G.P.0.) via Queen Street, Wellesley Street, Symonds Street, New North Road, and Dominion Road, through Mount Eden district to terminus at Balmoral Road. 3-56 miles. 7. Edendale .. .. From city via Queen Street, Wellesley Street, Symonds Street, New North Road, and Edendale Road, through Mount Albert district to Calgary Street. A loop for sports traffic is provided on this route at Eden Park. 4-27 miles. 8. Mount Albert. . . . From city via Queen Street, Symonds Street, and New North Road, through Mount Albert district to terminus at Mount Albert Road. 4-57 miles. 9. Zoo .. .. .. From city via Queen Street, Karangahape Road, Great North Road, Surrey Crescent, and Old Mill Road to terminus at Zoo gates! 3'58 miles. 10. Grey Lynn .. .. From city via Queen Street, Karangahape Road, Great North Road' Surrey Crescent, and Richmond Road to terminus at Warnock Road. 3-32 miles. 11. Ponsonby .. .. From city (G.P.0.) via Queen Street, Wellesley Street, Hobson Street, Karangahape Road, and Ponsonby Road to terminus at Three Lamps. 2-75 miles. 12. Heme Bay .. .From city via Fanshawe Street, Hobson Street, Victoria Street, College Hill, Jervois Road to terminus at Heme Bay Road. 2-43 miles. Motor-omnibus Sehvices. With the operation of the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, the Auckland City Council was required to take over the following services (as being in substantial competition with the tramway system), at a total cost of £61,507 7s. 3d.

Services taken over by Auckland City Council.

At the present time the services being operated in the Auckland Metropolitan District are as follows ;—

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Owner. Service. City toRoyal Motor Bus Co., Ltd. .. .. .. Onehunga, Mangere, Ellerslie, Panmure, Ladies' Mile, Seaview Road. Mount Eden Motor Bus Co., Ltd. — (a) Mount Eden Section .. .. .. Mount Eden, Three Kings, Waikowhai Park. (b) G.O.C. Section .. .. .. .. Blockhouse Bay, Hutchinson Avenue, Smith Street, New Lynn, Glen Eden, Oratia, Ferndale, Henderson, Te Atatu, Rosebank Road, Avondale. Hieatt, R. H. .. .. .. .. .. With G.O.C. Loregan, M. .. .. .. .. .. Ponsonby. Gallagher and Sterling .. .. .. .. Point Chevalier. Harris, Iddison, and Gaddis (trading as Reliance Bus Point Chevalier. Service) Peat and Mulligan .. .. . . .. Golf Links, Dominion Road, Mount Albert Road. GustafEsen, G. H. .. .. . .. Parnell. Bell Bus Co., Ltd. . .. .. .. Panmure.