Coach Operator Was "Forcibly Ejected"
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A COACH operator, concerned about LTh the way a competitor was running late services for dancers, was "forcibly ejected" from a dance hall when he tried to take up the matter with the organizers.
This was alleged at Bishop Auckland, last week, when the Northern Traffic Commissioners adjourned applications by Richardson Bros., Oxford Road, West Hartlepool, and Doreen Coaches, Blackhall Colliery, for licences to run late buses from dance halls at the Hartlepools.
Objecting to the proposals, Mr. R. J. Redpath, Blackhall Colliery, said there was unfair competition between operators catering' for dancers, and any grant would affect his traffic. In the past he had boarded private party coaches run by Richardson's and found that at some dances the vehicles were available for anyone who bought a ticket at the dance.
Once he and a friend tried to approach the organizers of a dance, but they were both forcibly ejected.
Mr. K. Patterson, for Richardson's, said the dance hall vehicles were run on a private-hire basis, and the operators had no knowledge of fares being asked for in the dance hall or on the coaches.
Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, chairman, said the allegations would be investigated, and a hearing would be held at West Hartlepool.