Chairman upholds objection
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• Trading as Mason's of Wath, Mr Clarence William Mason, of Willow Road, kiliath-on-Dearne, was refused an application for a road service licence by Maj-Gen Sir John Potter, the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, in Rotherham last week. on the grounds that the objecting company, the Yorkshire Traction Co Ltd, was prepared to operate a service similar to the one for which Mr Mason was seeking authority.
Mr Mason had applied for a new express licence to enable him to operate a five-day week minibus service between Festival Road, Wath-on-Dearne, and William Street, Swinton, (Yorkshire) restricted to employees of GEC (Domestic Equipment) Ltd.
Yorkshire Traction, the Barnsley-based NBC subsidiary, objected to the application because the proposed service would have been operated along a Yorkshire Traction stage carriage route.
Two employees of GEC Ltd gave evidence in support of Mr Mason's application. Both stated that although the Yorkshire Traction fare was cheaper they would have preferred to use the proposed service as it was more reliable.
It was explained that as there were certain level crossings along the. route, Yorkshire Traction buses were sometimes delayed. When this happened employees affected lost a quarter of an hour's pay.