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Court handed list of 30 'illegal operators'
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• The application of Alex Wales and Sons of East Kilbride for a new express service licence between Hamilton and East Kilbride has been conditionally refused by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners.
The hearing last week was the result of an earlier hearing in November when Mr Wales had two of his three coaches removed after he had admitted that he had used the vehicles without road service licences (CM December 1, 1972). At that hearing it had been alleged that there had been several other operators working illegally and as soon as one gave up another company took over the operation.
At this hearing the company's agent said that a list of some 30 operators had been given to the Commissioners and all of these, it was alleged, were working illegally. Mr Wales had been operating a service to a factory in East Kilbride.
When Mr Wales had had his vehicles removed the service was taken over by Central SMT. To begin with Central had used its own vehicles but later vehicles from three private operators were used. It was claimed that these operators were paying 10 per cent of their weekly drawings to Central. Mr Wales also claimed that he had been more efficient than the Central service.
For Central, which was objecting to the application, Mr R. Farrell said that there was no evidence of need but the chairman of the Commissioners, Mr A. B. Birnie, did not agree with this view. The assistant traffic manager of Central, Mr A. Carmichael, declined to answer the allegation that 10 per cent of the private Operators' takings was being paid to Central.
Mr Birnie said that when the two vehicles had been removed from Mr Wales's licence the consideration of the customers had to be remembered and it was with this in mind that Central had been granted a short-term licence.
It appeared that Central seemed to be _satisfying the need for a service and it also appeared that although Central would have to hire vehicles the same could be said for Mr Wales. The Commissioners did not feel that it was in the public interest to grant a licence to one who had operated illegally in the past. Mr Birnie concluded that if a licence was granted to Central then the application of Mr Wales would be refused. Mr Wales would be able to make a fresh application in six months' time.