Pwhelli camp battle continues
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THE hearing (adjourned from July 29) of further applications for additional period return and express carriage facilities from Lancashire towns to Butlin's holiday camp at Pwhelli was resumed before the North Western Traffic Commissioners at Manchester on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Bracewells (Excursions) Ltd., Sandown Tours (Burnley) Ltd., Aaron Storey Ltd., D. Tattersalls Ltd., Titteringtons Coaches Ltd., Shutt Bros., and W. C. Standerwick Ltd. sought to provide period returns at a fare of 50s. from the Caine, Burnley and Nelson areas to the camp. The operation period was to be outward on the first four Saturdays in July and return on the second Saturday in July and the following three Saturdays.
A new express service to be jointly operated on Saturdays between Colne and the camp from May to September, with picking-up and settingdown points in Lancashire, was sought by Bracewells (Colne) Ltd., Crosville Motor Services Ltd., Ribble Motor Services Ltd., Ribblesdale Coachways Ltd., and W. C. Standerwick Ltd. The vehicle allowance was to be one with duplication if required, and reckoned as included in the allowance authorized on the jointly operated Skipton-Llandudno service. On that service the joint operators sought to increase the vehicle allowance by four on a specified Saturday in June and by six from Burnley on a specified Saturday in July.
The period return applicants—except Standerwick—were opposed by the express operators and vice versa. Standerwick's period return application was opposed by the other period return applicants and by Crosville. North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. and British Railways opposed all the applications, except the SkiptonLlandudno vehicle allowance which was opposed only by BR.
The joint express operators were represented by Mr. J. Booth, the period return applicants (except Standerwick) by Mr. J. Backhouse, the North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. by Mr. W. Woolley, and British Railways by Mr. W. H. Ashmore.
In his evidence against the six period return applicants, the licensing officer of the Preston division of Ribble, Mr. G. Dawes, appearing for all the joint express operators, said if the applications were refused, Standerwick's application would be withdrawn. The receipts from any Standerwick period return operations would be pooled by the express operators. Mr. Dawes maintained the express operators provided adequate services from various East Lancashire towns to Llandudno which had been given newspaper coverage and advertised by the agencies, resulting in increased traffic. The connection at Llandudno with the Crosville service to the camp had been considered adequate and although the traffic had increased the provision of a through service with two drivers was expensive.
The convenience of a through service was recognized. so was some delay occasioned by congestion on the coast road. The present arrangement of changing coaches at Llandudno was the most economical way of catering for the cam traffic from the towns concerned. This traffi was the prerogative of the express operator operating throughout the season and taking th rough with the smooth. A large number ( coaches was involved in the period return pt.( posals and Mr. Dawes felt the express operatoi should first be given the opportunity to adju: their existing facilities.
Mr. Backhouse submitted the issue wt straightforward and the decision of the Con missioners on the various applications in Soul West Lancashire was a useful guide. The was congestion at Llandudno coach station ar the change there was inconvenient.
The decision on the period returns was r served.
At the start of the hearing of the new expre service from Come to the camp Mr. Boo challenged the locus of the objectors, resisti by Mr. Backhouse who said his clients provid, excursion facilities to North Wales resorts at invoked Section 135 of the Road Traffic A 1960. The Commissioners decided that this Seca( gave them wide powers. The hearing confirm(
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✓ ansport in and out of Carlisle, according to minutes xfore Carlisle Council last week.
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o buy one-man-operated single-decker buses Dr the town's new flat-fare system.
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'ransport Department covered 7,764,881 miles during he year ended May 31 1966-172,539 less than the cevious year. It carried 79,612,785 passengers 2,025,433 less than the year before) and total revenue las £1.530.660„ and increase of £203,633.
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Revenue Record: Rotherham Transport Department carried 50,312,267 passengers during the year ended March 31 1966—a drop of 1,113,774. Revenue was up £54,776 to £1,001,136— topping the million-pound mark for the first time in a 63-year history. Net s)uplus was £20,972 9s. 7d.