Not Mr. Nelson's Idea of Public Service

21st September 1956, Page 96

21st September 1956

Page 96

Page 96, 21st September 1956 — Not Mr. Nelson's Idea of Public Service

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THE Western Licensing Authority last week authorized Shcrgold and White, Ltd., Salisbury, to ruo a service from Bulford Camp, Tidworth, to Birmingham, via Warwick and Coventry. Wilts and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd., had objected.

Mr. T. D. Corpe. for the applicants, said the service would enable. Servicemen from the camp who lived in Warwick or Coventry to travel direct to their home towns instead of changing at Birmingham. as at. present.

For Wilts and Dorset, Mr. A. C. Fahyan Windeatt said that such a service could not fail to abstract traffic from 'those of his clients.

Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman, said he realized it would be impossible to cater for the home town of every Serviceman, but Warwick and Coventry were important centres. He saw no point in driving past those places and making the soldiers travel back again. That was not his idea of a public service.

Granting the licence, he attached a condition that not more than two vehicles should take up passengers for Birmingham at Tidworth or Fulham Camp on any one day. He pointed out that there was no restriction on Bulford Camp, and that the Tidworth Camp licence would have to be approved by the South Eastern Licensing Authority.

Avon Coaches, Ltd.. Netheravon, were granted permission to run services from Everleigh Camp, Salisbury Plain, to Liverpool. Birmingham. Bradford, Leeds and Newcastle. Wilts and Dorset successfully objected to Stratton St. Margarets as a picking-up point.