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34 Objectors to Welsh Fares Rise
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PEOPLE in South Wales would soon find it cheaper to travel by car than by bus, Mr. John Morris told the South Wales Traffic Commissioners in Pontypridd on Tuesday.
Mr. Morris was appearing for 34 local authorities objecting to an application for increased bus fares by four Welsh companies. South Wales Transport Co., Ltd., Rhondda Transport Co., Ltd., Western Welsh Omnibus Co„ Ltd., and J. James and Sons, Ltd., are applying for weekly ticket rates to be increased by 5%, monthly season tickets by 7f %, and three-monthly season tickets by three times the proposed monthly rate, less 5%.
"The local authorities feel very strongly indeed about this application," said Mr. Morris. "No sooner was the ink dry on the August awards than the present applicants rushed in to make new ones.
" Western Welsh refused £12,850 as part of their claim in August of last year and then within two months made a new claim for £51,500. Rhondda Transport refused £6,650 and now they claim £22,000."
The fuel tax imposed in the "little budget" of July was, he said, being passed on entirely to the travelling public. "It is felt by the local authorities that the shareholders in these companies are getting away scot-free." The local authorities were very concerned at the evidence of a whittling away of concessionary fares which had played an important part in the fare structure of South Wales, said Mr. Morris.
Mr. E. S. Fay, Q.C., appearing for Western Welsh, said that the company would lose over a period of 12 months a total of £59,000 due to traffic recession plus an extra £23,000 due to fuel tax. The application, if granted, would bring in additional revenue of £51,500, of which 129,000 would come from holders of three-monthly tickets.
In answer to Mr. Morris, Mr. T. G. Davis, until recently manager of Western Welsh, agreed that his aim for 12 years had been to cut down concessionary fares.
The hearing was continued.