NO DECISION ON CROSVILLE TOURS
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MORE than 20 customer witnesses supported an application by ..Crosvilla Motor Services Ltd. at Llandudno last week for an addition to two of their present licences. These would provide for extended tour operations to the Wye Valley and Wales, Tenby, the Lake District, Cardiff, Blackpool and London, starting from Bangor on one licence with picking-up points at Caernarvon, Holyhead, Liangefni, Benlech and Amlwch, and starting from Pwlffieli on the second licence with picking-up points at Criccieth. Portmadoc and Blaenau-Ffestiniog. Mr. H. B. Hargreaves, for Crosville, said the tours would be of two or three days' duration and would have inclusive fares. Immediately the 'case opened, Mr. J. Booth. objecting for T. H. Jones and Sons, who had also applied for extended tour operations (see The Commercial Motor, last week), submitted that the application ought not to be heard. Mr. Pritchard-Jones. objecting for T. F. Parry, trading as Regina Coaches, who had also applied for extended tour operations, supported Mr. Booth and told the chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, that under Section 135 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, the Commissioners had the right to exercise their discretion by not hearing the case. The applicants, he said, were trying to change the very nature of their present licence, which was for express, day tour and stage operations. Such a variation is a change in the essence of the licence ". he added. In reply. Mr. Hargreaves said the idea of the application had sprung from a grant made to Crosville at Runcorn for similar operations, and no point of law had been raised there. He suggested it would be ridiculous not to hear the case over a point of law and when so many witnesses and all the possible objectors were present. Mr. Pritchard-Jones said that nearly two years previously the Commissioners had upheld such a point of law when he had had the opportunity of submitting it. After a retirement, the Commissioners decided to exercise their discretion and hear the case as so many witnesses were present. Giving evidence. -Mr. Stanley Hughes. the North Cambrian area manager for Crosville, said that the normal operation of the extended tours would be over two days, extending to three at holiday times and during peak periods. The hearing was adjourned until a later date.