Bucklands Beach was served by a single bus in the 1920s and 30s known as "the Sheik" which ran into the city and returned with city workers. The bus was a 36-seater Daimler Charbanc operated by Mrs Laird in the 1920s. This bus was sold and used in the South Seas Exhibition of 1925-26. In the late 1920s the Otahuhu-based Passenger Transport Service operated a service from Otahuhu, Papatoetoe to Bucklands Beach until 1939. A former employee Mr Tom Hadfield took over the service and founded the Bucklands and Eastern Bus Co Ltd running buses into central Auckland. He had 2 buses loaned from the Passenger Transport Company which during wartime restrictions were converted to run on a mix of petrol and kerosine. Repairs to the buses were done at night to keep them running and the tyres pumped up by hand. The fare was 2/6 (25 cents) for adults and 2d(2-3 cents) for children. In the late 1930s a bus took youngsters to Howick to attend pictures at the Monterey Theatre. The route to Howick was via the small Pakuranga post office, which stood on farm land opposite the present western entrance to Pakuranga College. In those days Maclean Road was just a grass walking track. The Bucklands and Eastern Bus company grew from this with its headquarters next to the bowling green at the foot of Devon Rd. From 1962 this was managed by the Wells family who lived opposite the headquarters in Devon Road. Both the Howick and the Bucklands /Eastern buses were owned by Mrs Cherry (formerly Mrs Hadfeld).