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uld Prune Bid" ON the second day of the hearing of the Western Welsh Omnibus Co.. Ltd., fares application, the opening of which was reported in last week's issue. a suggestion was made that the bus compa,ny's application could be modified by £26,000. The company had asked for £132,000 in its application, but this could be cut to about £105.000, said an accountant.
The accountant, Mr. Frank Edward Price, who was said to have had 30 years' experience in transport, said he considered the Western Welsh company had built up their resources over the past four years. The accumulated balance of the company had increased by £13,000 in those four years.
Summing up for the local authorities who object to the application, Mr. Alun Davies, Q.C., said that Mr. E. S. Fay. Q.C. (for Western Welsh). had raised " points of prejudice" in the proceedings.
One such point involved the Chancellor's increased tax on fuel. Mr. Davies said that it was made perfectly clear at an earlier hearing in Cardiff that the matter was outside the purpose of the inquiry.
It had been said that the Minister of Transport did not consider as unreasonable the yield of 7.79 per cent. on capital employed. Mr. Davies said that this did not mean that anything less than that figure was unacceptable.
Dealing with the proposed abolition of 7d. and 9d. returns_ he said these fares would obviously hit the housewife. He thought it should be completely deleted
from the application. The figure of £12,800, the estimated yield of these tickets, could well be met by the company without suffering any hardship.
Wrongly Worded Application Adjourned
BECAUSE an application did not specifically state that the vehicle requested was a low-loader, it was adjourned by the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, at Leeds on Monday.
J. H. Welburn, Ltd., of Batley, were asking for a new articulated outfit of 81 tons, to carry heavy plant and machinery. It was actually a low-loader, but this was not stated in the published application. As soon as this fact was made known to the objectors (British Railways and four private road hauliers) they requested that the case be adjourned and republished.
AUSTINS ON DISPLAY
1-1 A COMMERCIAL vehicle sales and
service week is to be held by Car Mart Sales, Ltd., Austin distributors, from October 2 to 7 at their London Road, Marks Tey, branch, near Colchester. During the week commercial vehicle users will be invited to bring their vehicles in for a free test and report. Manufacturers' representatives will also be in attendance. There will be an exhibition of new Austin commercial vehicles, together with examples of special bodywork.