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'Unworthy' objection fails

4th June 1971, Page 26
4th June 1971
Page 26
Page 26, 4th June 1971 — 'Unworthy' objection fails
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• What was described as an "unworthy objection" was lodged by the Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee against an application by Turner Brothers Ltd, Todmorden, seeking to add two new picking-up points to an existing express licence. The application failed to convince the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners in Leeds last week that the application should be refused on the grounds that the HJOC operated a service with picking-up points at Hepden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, the two towns in which Turner Bros sought authorization to pick up passengers.

Mr J. D. Walker, representing Turner Bros, told the Commissioners that for some time the applicant company had been operating a service catering for visitors who wished to travel between Todmorden and the Nonhowram Hall Hospital, Halifax. The service was subsidized by the Todmorden Needy Sick Fund, which paid Turner Bros £5 per week. It was because the Todmorden NSF wished to cut down its subsidy that the application had been made. This would enable Turner Bros to pick up additional passengers at the two picking-up points, charging a return fare of 15p.

For the Halifax JOC, Mr M. Lawrence said that if the proposed application was granted it would lead to an abstraction of passengers who made use of the JOC's stagecarriage services to reach the hospital. He added that as the JOC was an established operator in the area the application should be refused.

Director of Turner Bros, Mr N. Jarrot said the service would be operated only on a Sunday and he pointed out that to make use of the existing stage-carriage services it meant that passengers were compelled to change buses at Halifax, making the journey longer and more costly.

Maj.-Gen Sir John Potter, chairman of the Commissioners said: "The Commissioners feel that the proposed service would be in the public interest, and in the circumstances we grant it as applied for."


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