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Mini-bus-to-Spain bid rejected at Bristol
A' application by a Bristol travel club to operate a mini-bus service from the City to villas they lease in Spain was described as "a most woolly sort of application with no evidence of need at all", by a solicitor representing an objector.
After a two-and-a-half hour hearing, the Western Traffic Commissioners, sitting in Bristol, rejected the application from South Travel Club of Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
Mr. F. S. Marshall, appearing for Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd., suggested to the chairman. Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon: "There is not a scrap of a case to answer and I don't want to waste your time with a long address. In the interest of valuable time, there is no evidence here. The whole thing is most woolly".
Mr. Paul Clark, for South Travel Club, said the organization wished to offer a comprehensive service for clients from Bristol to the villas they leased in Spain.
Mr. Clark accepted that because the firm leased premises in Spain, this was not by itself any ground for making the application. There was, however, a need for transport to the villa sites.
Mr. Edward Cowell, of Cotham Road, Bristol, proprietor of South Travel Club, said his firm had been in existence for three years. He had had many enquiries from people who wanted to travel to his villas overland direct from Bristol.
Mr. Cowell: "We want to advertise the fact that we are able to offer this service". He said he had had enquiries from people for an inclusive tour sufficient to run 10 to 12 trips to Spain.
The applicant said one of the three objectors, Fry's Continental Tours Ltd., had sent a letter saying they were prepared to withdraw their objection providing a licence was only issued in respect of a mini-bus service to the applicant's own establishments on the Continent. Mr. Cowell was prepared to accept the conditions.