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"Show Cause" Case
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up passengers at an unauthorized point on a specified occasion, had rim 13 times to the Manchester City Football Club's ground, instead of the six times allowed, and had made 221 journeys to Blackpool, instead of the 159 which were licensed, was alleged before the North-Western Traffic Commissioners, on Monday.
A sitting was held "to enable H. and J. Tetlow, Ltd., The Garage, Flixton, to show cause why the road service licence held by them should not be revoked or suspended under Section 74." A report on the matters was mane by Mr. J. E. Wood-ford, Clerk to the Commissioners.
During an interview at the Commissioners' office, it was stated, Mr. H. Tetlow agreed that he was aware of the number of Blackpool journeys to which operations were restricted under Appeals Order No. 9. When asked for reasons why he had run additional journeys, he said, ." What is one to do when the traffic is waiting?" He was under the impression that extra runs during any day could be regarded as duplicates, but it was pointed out that this was not so, said Mr. Woodford.
Mr. Edgar Lustgarten (for H. and J. Tetlow, Ltd.), said that the picking-up was a trivial matter. Drivers were requested to take up two elderly and infirm people who could not conveniently get to the official point. Regarding running to football snatches, there was a condition that excursions to industrial towns specified on the licence should not be operated more than six times a year. Mr. Tetlow's view was that the limitation on operations to industrial towns did not apply to football matches.
The Chairman (Mr. W. Chamberlain) said that it could not be the general view. Not infrequently, operators to football matches applied to the Commissioner for the removal of the six-times-a-year restriction.
Regarding the Blackpool journeys, said Mr. Lustgarten, it was admitted throughout that the licensee, had failed to comply with Appeals Order No, 9. Operation was limited to 154 journeys, whilst the books showed 221 for 193(3, of which 49 were duplicate runs.
Mr. Tetlow had been under the impression that duplicate journeys did notcount under the Order. Traffic in Urmston had increased to a great extent There was also the difficulty of the long-date passenger on these services who had to be brought home. Mr. Tetlow had never intended to defy. the Commissioners in any manner.
Decision was reserved.
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