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Inaccurate Evidence by Coach Operators Alleged in Appeal
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A STAFFORD coach company sub
mitted inaccurate evidence when it applied for an express service licence to the West Midland Licensing Authority last year, it was stated at an appeal hearing in Birmingham, last week.
It was also revealed during the threeday hearing that on two other occasions since 1948 the company had submitted inaccurate evidence to the Authority.
G. H. Austin and Sons, Ltd., Stafford, appealed against certain conditions attached to a licence granted to them for an express service between Stokeon-Trent and Ramsgate.
The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., and British Railways, objected to the grant of the licence. Don Everall, Ltd., and other operators objected to Austin's appeal for picking-up points at Cannock, Walsall, Kingstanding and•Erdington.
Seats Not Sought Mr. W. Blackhurst, for the B.M.M.O. and other companies, said that a number of people purporting to have made inquiries of Austin's for seats to Ramsgate and Margate, had not in fact done so. Only two names on the document concerned were genuine, which made it difficult to believe that the matter had been a mistake.
His clients had applied to run a service from the Potteries to London to provide a connecting link with the South Coast at about the same time as Austin's application, but it had been refused, Mr. Blackhurst said.
There was need for a service from the Potteries to the coast, but as his clients already operated in the area, they should be the ones to provide it.
Mr. J. Samuel-Gibbon, for Austin's, said they were now seeking permission to operate at Bank Holiday week-ends and the week-ends before and after. They were also asking for extra pickingup points and for a greater vehicle allowance.
Mr. W. L Dann, Austin's traffic manager, said that inquiries had failed to reveal how the mistake had occurred, but he accepted full responsibility for it.
A circularization list was prepared at the time, and this may have been accidentally included in the application. Neither he nor the company would tolerate inaccurate evidence.
House in Order
Mr. Samuel-Gibbon said that his clients had instituted a new system to ensure that a similar thing did not occur again. Their house was now in order.
Referring to the joint appeal by the B.M.M.O. and North Western against the refusal to license a service between Newcastle under Lyme and London, Mr. Blackhurst said they already operated a service between Manchester and London.
The new service, however, would be more convenient as, under the existing one, people returning to the Potteries from their holidays arrived home in the early hours of the morning.
His clients had had to refuse bookings because of restrictions protecting the railways.
For the railways, Mr. J. GranvilleDixon said that some 2,752 people would use the new service if the appeal were sustained. This would abstract rail traffic from Manchester.