Commissioners Shown Traffic Photographs
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IDHOTOGRAPHSof congested roads I during the summer months were shown to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, last week, to support an application by Rogers Motor Coaches, Leeds, who wanted to use alternative routes for some excursions. They also sought new day excursions to Fleetwood and Ravenscar, short day excursions to Morecambe illuminations, an enlarged schedule of two-day and three-thy excursions, and permission to operate existing evening excursions either in the afternoon or evening.
There were objections from British Railways, S. I.edgard, Feather Bros. (Tours). Ltd., Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., and West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., on behalf of the Yorkshire Pool.
Mr. J. T. Rogers said it was planned to give: customers a better selection of short extended tours. Conditions would also be more comfortable if the alternative routes were used, because bottlenecks could be avoided, and there would be more lavatory accommodation: Cross-examined by Mr. F. Marshall, for Wallace Arnold and Feather Bros., he admitted that he had been operating a Lake District tour in error, but denied that since obtaining a two-day tour to Caernarvon and Barmouth he had billed this as Llandudno without informing the Commissioners. Mr. Marshall pointed' out that the alternative routes would take Rogers into the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District, which were on other operators' licences.
In evidence, Mr. Malcolm Barr, a director of Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., said the application for afternoon tours was an attempt to undercut stage-carriage fares, and stage:carriage operators had to be protected.
The hearing was adjourned.
DELAYS BLAMED FOR HOURS OFFENCES
UNAVOIDABLE delays to vehicles were blamed by a Nottingham company, last week, when they were fined a total of £22 for allowing drivers to work excessive hours and failing to ensure that the men kept proper records. Blackburn, Starking and Co„ Ltd., London Road, Nottingham, admitted 22 offences, Four of their drivers, who were also summoned, admitted' 24 offences and were fined a total of £12.
Mr. R. S. Whitby, prosecuting, said there had been a great deal of laxity by both drivers and employers. For the defence, Mr. A. C. G. Rothera said a new transport manager had joined the company and he did not realize what some of his drivers had been doing. It was because of many unavoidable delays that the drivers had worked too long.
. CHEAPER FORK TRUCKE
DR-ICES of Conveyancer fork trucks have been reduced by amounts varying from AO to £125. The average price cut is about 4 per cent.