Series 02: Alan Gibson Stewart papers, 1987-1989 - Page 187
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spectacular. Now serving different masters, he was obsequious to Cox but there was obviously little rapport between them.
We had placed an advertisement about the visit in the Manly Daily:
"ALAN STEWART INTRODUCES THE HON. P. F. COX, M.P.
Minister for Transport and Highways
AVAILABLE TO MEET THE PEOPLE OF MANLY
on Friday, 29tj, in the morning at Manly Wharf."
Only a handful of locals turned up but each had some kind of axe to grind. The aldermen from Manly Council wanted a commitment to fund parking station for commuters near the wharf. A lecturer from a local technical college wanted to talk about a report on transport problems which had been written by a group of his students. Some pensioners wanted more free travel concessions. The bus drivers wanted new buses.
Cox was sympathetic but noncommittal-- he would look at all these matters.
Two brand new Mercedes minibuses were on show in the forecourt. Cox told the television cameras that they would soon be operating on a service to link Dee Why with the railway at Chatswood (and between the marginal electorates of Wakehurst and Willoughby, both of which the ALP hoped to win).
The service was an experiment. If successful, it