Florence Motors Win Continental Tour Battle
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IREE out of four appeals by James Smith and Co. (Wigan), Ltd., coning Continental tours have been 4ssed by the Minister of Transport. only successful appeal was against North Western Traffic Commis,trs' refusal to allow the company to seven-day Continental tours.
le Minister's decision, issued this :, says that Smith's evidence showed was a demand for Continental tours south and central Lancashire, and company should be able to offer 3-day tours in an area where they tcly operate Continental services. To :ct a seven-day Paris tour run by ence Motors, Ltd., however, a stay ot more than 24 hours may be made )aris on Smith's trip, which the ister has authorized.
le North Western Commissioners ved Florence Motors, Ltd., to reduce existing tour to Belgium and Hotfrom eight days to seven days, and ink working from the Northern fic Area (in which a similar seventour was already licensed) with that , the North Westarn Area. Linking een the seven-day tour to Belgium France from the Northern Area and irresponding tour from the North: was also permitted.
orence Motors were allowed on the seven-day tour to Belgium and France to spend two days in Ostend as an alternative to one day in Ostend and one day in Brussels, and to operate a I4-day Continental tour and to link carrying; from the Northern and North Western Areas. Smith's appealed against these grants and failed.
The Minister considers that Florence Motors proved need for a greater variety of seven-day Continental tours from the Morecambe and Lancaster district. As Smith's did not have, and did not seek, seven-day Continental tours from the district, the grant to Florence Motors would not be detrimental to them.
An appeal by Smith's against the Commissioners' refusal to grant them Continental tours from Morecambe, Lancaster and Garstang was also dismissed. They wished to provide a feeder for their existing Continental tours from Preston. Florence Motors sought a similar service, and the Minister thinks that the Commissioners were correct to make a grant to that company, and to limit it to one season, allowing review later.
Smith's complained that Florence Motors did not give notice of their intention of linking, and that they would have objected in the Northern Area had they known. The Minister comments that it would have been desirable for Florence Motors to indicate their intention of linking when making their applications in the Northern Area, but Smith's were not prejudiced by their failure to do so. Smith's had a full opportunity to oppose the proposal in the North Western Area.