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S.U.T. Fear Loss of Overspill Traffic in Sheffield
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ALARM at the situation in' the excursion and tour field arising out of the redistribution of Sheffield's overspill population was felt by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., the Yorkshire Licensing Authority was told, at Leeds, on Monday. Mr. W. R. Hargrave, for S.U.T., objected to an application by Grant and McAllin, Ltd., for modifications of their licence from Beighton. The application was part heard early in July.
There were also objections from British Railways, Sheffield Joint Orrinibu's Committee, Park Garages (Swallownest), Ltd., and East Midland Motor Services, Ltd.
Unauthorized Tours
Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for the railways, said it had come to their notice that handbills published by the applicants for the period July 29 to August 12 advertised Mablethorpe, Alton Towers and Matlock, destinations applied for but not yet granted. Mr. T. McAllin agreed that 2,000 had been printed, but were withdrawn as soon as his attention was drawn to the matter.
The applicants had been prosecuted and found guilty of the same thing in March, 1949, when a Christmas trip to Blackpool was advertised in Sheffield newspapers, said Mr. Atkinson. Mr. McAllin said that was caused by a private-party organizer being short of two passengers and advertising without their knowledge.
Mr. Hargrave submitted that circumstances at Beighton had_ changed completely in the past two years. Sharpe Bros. (Beighton), Ltd., were granted an excursion and tour licence in 1954; previously Grant and McAllin were the sole licensees.
In 1955, Sharpes were granted additional excursions, and if the present application were granted there would have been 51 new destinations added and vehicle allowance increases of three to six since 1953.
Population Shifted
It was another redistribution of population case, he said. Nearly 10,000 additional people were now living on Sheffield Corporation estates at Hackenthorpe and Freshfield, near Beighton, many of whom were from the centre of Sheffield.
There were certain unhappy aspects about the applicants' evidence; the preparation of important documents should be supervised, he said. There must be abstraction from S.U.T., and the whole of the application should be refused.
Mr. J. Evans, for the applicants, said the objectors were losing their perspective. His clients had been established operators in Beighton since before the Road Traffic Act. The schedule still contained only nine alternative destinations, and the vehicle allowance of c64 three on any one day had never been increased. In view of this the application for additional destinations and an increase of vehicles from three to four was modest.
The objectors were only repeating the arguments used against Sharpe's application in 1954. The Minister and the Licensing Authority had treated Beighton as an area completely apart from Sheffield, and it had been said that so far as excursions and tours were concerned, allegations of abstraction from stage services should not be regarded too seriously.
With regard to the alleged irregularities, although a mistake had been made on the bills, no such excursions had, in fact, been operated.
Decision was reserved.