Timings Agreed : Appeal Dismissed
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AAGREEMENT has been reached between Chesterfield Corporation and East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., on the timings of a new service run jointly by the company and corporation between Chesterfield and Derby.
The corporation had appeiled against decisions of the East Midland and Yorkshire Licensing Authorities, granting licences to the company to run the service, but these have. been dismissed on all counts, except in respect of the effect of the timings of the service on those operated by the corporation. Now that agreement has been reached on this point. the Minister has decided not to make an Order.
MeKELVIE GIVE UP COACHES
SUBJECT to the approval of the Scottish Licensing Authority, the passenger interests of A. McKelvie and Co.. Ltd.— Barrhead, are to he transferred to .Messrs. R. Dickson, Jim., Dundee.
McKelvie entered coach operation at the end of the war and developed a substantial Continental tour business. These activities have had to be relinquished because of the growing attention demanded by the company's goods-transport interests.
The Scottish Licensing Authority has rejected objections by Cotter's Tours. Ltd., and Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., to the renewal of McKelvie's tour licences. It was stated that the applicants had disposed of their passenger interests and were asking for a licence they did not intend to use.
It was added that an application for the approval of the transfer would come before the Authority.
144m. FROM TOURISTS
COACH operators had played an important part in bringing 144m. last year to the Scottish tourist industry. said Mr. William Ferris, a member of the Scottish Tourist Board, when he spoke at the opening of a new coach travel centre of Lowland Motorways. Ltd.. last Friday, in Glasgow.
More than 20,000 people had been carried last year by Scottish operators on extended tours and 1.359,000 on day and evening tours.
The new centre of Lowland Motorways can accept bookings to places all over Britain and the Continent.
CARS ROB BUSES
AMARKED increase in the number of cars being run in the remote districts contributed to the decline in the use of buses, it was stated before the Scottish LiCensing Authority at Aberdeen last week.
W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., success-fully applied to reduce frequencies on 10 services which were losing money because fewer passengers were being carried.
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