.R.S. Objection Fails
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RITISH ROAD SERVICES made a spirited but unavailing objection to application before the Western ensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, Bristol on Monday by an independent
r'iitor. Mr. J. Keeling, of Upper Ilsway, Bath. Keeling sought to switch : vehicles from II to A. licence to give_
long-distance traffic greater flexibility. I was said that customers were being
onvenienced and had to suffer delay :ause, although the vehicles might be a, they could not be used for the :pose required as varying conditions re attached to thetn. The .average Inal earnings of the five vehicles were 500 and the .firm did not intend to k ;fresh work. .Mr. Keeling said that main object of. the application was back-load from London, Manchester, 1 other centres in the North. He conded that B.R.S. rates were "out of e" and B.R.S. were inclined to be ifferent in service.
;upporting the application, a seprettative of H. Baird and Sons, Ltd., ,Itsters, of Bath.said B R.S quotations re alwayshigher than anybody else's. V1r. L Jenkins, B.R.S. Bristol, said Z.S. ran. a regular service from ndon. Manchester and other centres in North and they were well able to idle traffic on these routes where only . per cent. of their capacity was at :sent being taken up. He suggested .eling's traffic he switched to 13.R.S. Mr. Nelson said he had paid great ention to what Mr. Jenkins had said, d commented: "While I am sorry to g there has been a falling-off in ffic, 1 also hear that things are picksip a bit." He had come to the contsion that it was not sensible that B ance vehicles should be lying idle while customer was fuming to usc them.