ALL-IN TOURS DISCOURAGED .
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AT a public sitting of the NorthWestein Traffic Commissioners, on Friday last, another blow was struck at the extended or all-in tour.
Shearings Tours, Ltd., which was applying for renewal of 11 licences, intimated that its 10 coaches frequently were out on long-distance tours, and that no day, half-day or evening trips could be run.
.By way of emendation, the applicants were also applying for four extra vehicles to cope with other excursions.
Mr. G. H. P. Beames, for the railway companies, said that operators had directed their energies to extended tours, where they were not troubled with opposition. It therefore seemed essentially sound, he said, that, as had previously been suggested by the Commissioners, the licences for the two classes of business should be separated.
The application was also opposed by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., on behalf of which Mr. T. Strange said that the extra vehicles were required for extended tours.
Mr. Smith, of Bracewell's (Colne), Ltd., also objected. He said that there were no fewer than 163 coaches licensed for extended tours in Manchester, 101 in Liverpool and 77 in Nelson.
The Commissioners refused the extra vehicles and required the applicants to furnish returns as to passengers carried, with a view to the allocation of the 10 vehicles to the different types of excursion.