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Tour Licence Granted—for Dogs
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riA COACH firm in the north-west were, last week, granted an excursion and tour licence for what was claimed to be a unique service—carrying dogs and their owners to and from shows. British Railways objected.
Earlier this year, Messrs. Barton Tours, of Oldham ,and Manchester, were granted a temporary licence to run the service. The licence granted last week is valid until November, 1955, when, on renewal, the North Western Licensing Authority will require figures to prove need for the service.
It was stated at the hearing that specially adapted coaches were used for the service. Pens were provided for larger dogs, smaller ones travelling in baskets.
Opposing the application, a spokesman for the railways stated that they offered facilities for such traffic. In F2 cross-examination, however, a railway witness agreed that if passengers in a compartment objected to the presence of a dog it had to go to the guard's van, where, according to by-laws, it should be muzzled and chained.
Mr. H. Backhouse, for the applicants, submitted that it was for the benefit of both dogs and owners that they should be conveyed direct to a showground by a coach which could be stopped en route, as required.
Dogs could not leave the show-bench before certain times, which might mean having to wait for a train which arrived in the north in the early hours of the morning.
The Authority, Mr. F. Williamson, said he considered the innovation was fully justified. The licence for two vehicles, -so adapted, would be for an experimental period.