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U.A.S. Duplication Fight A PPLICATION by United AutoPl. mobile Services,
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Ltd., to vary the Minister's 0.-riers restricting the duplication of coaches on extremedistance services, so far as they relate to the London-Newcastle services. of the United. Orange Bros., Majestic, Phillipson and Charlton Blue Coaches concerns; was heard before the Northern Traffic Commissioners, last week. • Mr. E. S. Herbert, for the applicant, submitted • that there was an over= whelming case for further elasticity in duplic•aricns at holiday periods. He asked for unlimited duplications from July 15-September 15, December 2229, the Wednesday before Easter to the Wednesday after Easter, and from the Thursday. before •Whitsun until the T hursda y after.
It was stated that from August 1 to August 4 2,235 passengers travelled from the north to London and 4,351 from London to Newcastle and intermediate towns. The majority of the people going nozth wished to return on August 10, bat, owing to the Minister's Order, only a limited number of coaches &inld]. be run. At Haymarket, Newcastle, on that date, 30 peoplewonle.1 not leave the company's office and Sir Tohn Maxwell, chairman of the
Northern Commissioners, was communicated with. He granted permission for an extra vehicle to be operated.
On December 21 last, at King's Cross, London, 91 persons who had booked could not be carried.
Mr. E. G. Woodward, opposing for the London and North-Eastern Railway Co., suggested that the chaos was due to lack of organization. Mr. L. Turnharn, general manager of London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., stated that 300400 people were refused bookings just before August Bank Holiday.
Mr. N. F. Smith, secretary of King's Cross Coach Station, Ltd., said that 250-300 persons were refused bookings to Tyneside during the few days prior to August Bank Holiday. Mr. T. Morris, chairman of the Booking Agents Association, g-ave evidence on behalf of members and produced numerous letters from agents stressing the great inconvenience caused to passengers who were unable to travel on the day for which they had booked. AD agent at Luton had on one day been forced to turn away 30 passengers booked for Jarrow. and it transpired that at least three changes were necessary if they travelled by rail.
The hearing was adjourned until November 20.