Licence for School • Bus Refused
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AN application by New Town (Cwrnbran) Coaches, Ltd., to run a. school bus service from Llanfrechfa to Rougemont private school in Risca Road, Newport, was rejected by the South Wales Traffic Commissioners at Newport, last 'tv Meek.
Bu r. Idris Owen, chairman, told
Mr. I. Evans, the school's headmaster, arid Mr. R. A. Colley, managing director of the coach company, that the service could still.. operate provided that the headmaster paid for the hire of the coach and did not receive any payment from the children or their parents.
The application wasopposed by Red and White Services, Ltd,, on the ground that it would abstract passengers from the present services run by them in conjunction with the Western Welsh Omnibus Co.-, Ltd. .
Mr. Colley read letters from parents supporting the application but none appeared to give evidence. He said thathe had been carrying children to the school after being approached.. by the .
parents to run a service. • Parents had paid him, but a traffic examiner had pointed out that this was not permissible. After that the headmaster had paid him £2 10s.a day on a .
contract basis. Approximately . 40 children had been carried daily.
The chairman said that if the Com-. missioners licensed every special facility it Would be the end of public services.
" NO HAY TRIPS TO COAST
A LEICESTER operator, who told the
East Midland Traffic Commissioners that the opening of Ml brought south coast excursions within the range of local coach concerns, was "refused a licence to run day trips, to Brighton, Hastings and Eastbournelast week.
Representing the applicant company, Straw's of Leicester, Ltd., Mr. E. T. Straw, director, said that he was continually receiving applications for a variation in excursions. Provincial Garage (Leicester), Ltd., who Objected, had duplicated some circular trips run by Straw's and had also applied to run excursions to the south. Straw's did not object because they believed it would benefit the public.
Mr. C. R. Hodgson, chairman, said that it was not certain what the demand would be. If, halfway through the excursion season, it was found that there was sufficient demand for another concern to operate coaches to the resorts, a licence could probably be granted.
OPPOSITION TO CHEAP FARES
APLAN to extend concessionary travel for pensioners to the, city's motorbuses, by Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation, is being opposed by the British Transport Commission and United Automobile Services, Ltd. At present, concessionary travel is allowed only on trolleybuses, and the proposed extension to motorbuses is included in a Parliamentary Bill promoted by the council.