THE COMMISSIONERS FORTHCOMING PUBLIC SITTINGS
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Details Extracted from the Gazettes Published by Area Traffic Commissioners During the Week
MIRE following are the times and 1. places announced by Area Traffic Commissioners for their forthcoming public sittings. In each case the number of the latest Gazette of Notices and Proceedings to be received is mentioned in brackefs. The granting of stage-carriage licences will form the chief subject for consideration when the Traffic Commissioners for the Northern Scotland Area next sit at Aberdeen. Gazette No, 20 for this area shows that W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., has been granted licences in respect of a number of services.
Gazette No. 18 for the Yorkshire Area lists the names of 65 undertakings that have been refused licences by the Commissioners. No future sittings have yet been arranged for this area.
Gazette No. 16 of the North-Western Traffic Commissioners is a bulky publication, comprising 194 pages, which gives a wealth of useful itiformation. An interesting case at the Blackburn sitting of the Commissioners for this area will be that of Burnley Corporation, which will apply for permission to run buses on certain routes outside the borough boundary, and objections will be forthcoming from the corporations of
Accrington, Bacup, Bury, Ravgtenstall and Todmorden, and from the L.M.S. Railway Co., Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and Todmorden Joint Omnibus Committee. Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and Burnley Corporation will seek a large number of licences, and the gazette shows that, except in the case of the application first mentioned and one of Accrington Corporation, there will be no objectors. Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., and the Western Transport Co., Ltd., have been granted a large number of licences. More than half the gazette is devoted to applications that have been received, but have not yet been considered.
As is shown by Gazette No. 21 for the West Midland Area, the Commissioners have granted a large number of applications for licences, notably to Elliott Brothers (Bournemouth), Ltd., for services between Bournemouth and Nottingham, and Plymouth and Derby. Wood Brothers (Blackpool), Ltd. has been permitted to run a l3lackpool:London service, whilst Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., is another successful applicant, as is the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. Many applications for licences will be heard by the West Midland Commissioners when they sit at Birmingham.
Gazette No. 23 for the East Midland Area shows that the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., has been granted a large number of licences for stage-carriage services and seven for express-carriage services, one of which is between Nottingham and Blackpool. The United Counties Omnibus and Road Transport Co., Ltd., is a prominent applicant for licences, as is Derby Corporation.
It is announced in Gazette No. 19 of the Western Traffic Commissioners that, in respect of the appeal of IL Stone and Co., Ltd., Bicknoller, Taunton, against a decision of the Commissioners, the Minister of Transport has decided to take no action in the matter.
Amongst the concerns that have applied for licences appear the names of the Merseyside Touring Co., Ltd., which seeks a backing for a licence for the Preston-Ilfracombe route, the service to be run only on Saturdays, in conjunction with Greyhound Motors, Ltd., and Ribble Motor Services, Ltd. A. Tinapson and Sons, Ltd., seeks a backing for a licence in respect of a service between London and Paignton, as does Highways, Ltd., for a London-Plymouth service. Most of the other applications are from various local vehicle operators.
In Gazette No. 22 for the Southern Area there appears the warning that applicants for licences may be required to produce traffic returns at public sit-. tinge. The Commissioners' have authorized Keith and Boyle Ltd., to operate a London-Bournemouth service, whilst Greyhound Coaches have been permitted to work between Weymouth and London. Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., is amongst the concerns the applications of which have yet to be heard. Classique Coaches, Ltd., the appeal of which was dismissed by the Minister of Transport, as announced in our issue for last week, is another company that applied for licences.
Gazette No. 23 of the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner shows that when he holds his sitting commencing on August 31st, it will not be unusual for nine companies to object to one appli cation for licences. Application for permission to operate excursions and tours seem to provoke the greatest amount of opposition. Messrs. J. Pearson and Sans (Happy Days Motorways) will seek authority to work a London-Liverpool service, but in this case the London Midland and Scottish Railway Co. is the only objector.