TOURS VERSUS EXPRESS SERVICES
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A s Easter fails early this year, the tendency of Lancashire people will be to take advantage of four-day tours and go south in search of the sun. This submission was put forward in favour of an application by Messrs. Auty Bros., of Bury, at a sitting of the North-Western Traffic Commissioners, in Blackpool, last week. The applicants sought to vary conditions of tours to south coast resorts: . Mr. IL Preece, transport manager for Associated Motorways, objected on the ground that the four-day tours would compete with his company's regular service, on which,he said, holidaymakers could complete srich a tour as the one suggested. It was his Experience that people did not mind Which route they took, so long as they
reached the seaside. .
Both Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman, and Mr. W. Blackhurst, representing Messrs. Auty Bros., pointed out
-the difficulty of making such a tour by service vehicles. '" With great respect to the working man, he has to some extent to be spoon-fed when going on holiday," observed the chairman.
Decision was reserved.
BIG OPPOSITION TO STAFFS BOARD BILL.
STRONG opposition was raised to the second reading .. of the North Staffordshire Road Transport Board Bill, in the House of Commons, on Monday. It is understood that over 200 Members of Parliament are opposing the Bill. Its further consideration Was adjourned.
DUMBARTON TO RUN BUSES?
THE general purposes committee of Dumbarton TownCouncil is to coneider the question of taking over the local bus services._ Manchester Transport Committee recommends the replacement of trams by trolleybuses on the Ashton New Road route.
COMMISSIONERS' POWERS TOO GREAT?
cERIOUS objection to the " bureau
cratic control of the Traffic Commissioners over local authorities, with regard to bus services,'" was expressed by members when a notice of motion Was discussed in private by a sub-committee of Edinburgh Town Council, last week.
The motion, which was endorsed by the Labour group, asked that representations should be made to Parliainent to remove the powers given to the Traffic Commissioners over local authorities. It was claimed that the activities of the Commissioners not only hampered corporations in the development of bus services, and incurred needless expenditure, but were unnecessary within the boundaries of cities.
Evidence in the possession of the sub-committee revealed that private companies had, in certain instances, facilities which were denied to local authorities.