NEW BUS SERVICE FOR PAKISTANIS
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ANEW road service licence permitting Mr_ H. Cook, of Thornton Road, Bradford, to carry Pakistanis from Bradford to Dover, en route to Karachi, was granted at Leeds last week by the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, Major F. S. Eastwood. Only one vehicle was requested and the proposed single fare was £70. Through passengers to Pakistan only could be carried, the service not to be used by other people whose journeys terminated at Dover.
The application was opposed by British Railways, East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., and the Yorkshire Pool of operators.
CONTINENTAL TOURS REFUSED
AN application by Halten Coaches (Bristol), Ltd., to run holiday tours to the Continent was refused at Bristol last week by the Western Traffic Commissioners. Applicants were told by the Commissioners, however, that there was no reason why they should not apply again if they could prove need and bring forward people who wanted to go on their tours.
TRANSPORT—" THE SITTING DUCK '?
"THE very ubiquity of the transport industry could cause it to be the sitting duck for Government taxation and control This possibility was put forward by Mr. R. A. MeNeile, president of the Mansion House Association on Transport at their annual luncheon last Friday.
The modernization of the railways had caused them to draw in their horns elsewhere and Mr. McNeile wondered if they were not leaning too heavily on legislation to achieve their objective of economic operation.