JOURNEY LIMITS CAUSE HARDSHIP
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RESTRICTION of excursion and tour operators to six visits to industrial towns during the currency of their licences is a sore point in the Manchester area and has led to various " complications " under the private. pasty regulations.
In one of the applications before the North-Western Traffic Commissioners, last Friday, an operator stated that his six visits to Manchester were exhausted in October and, therefore, he had not licensed his vehicle for the first quarter of the year. He was applying to the Commissioners for permission to run to all Manchester football matches throughout the season. Decision was reserved.
The same difficulty arose with regard to visits from outlying towns to the Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester. In this case, the operators are restricted not only to six visits, but also in connection with the events. The specified events do not include boxing matches, which have become popular.
Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman, refused the application with regard to boxing matches, in anticipation of a general application for this facility on behalf of all the operators.
DEATH OF SCOTS MANAGER.
THE death occurred suddenly, last Friday, of Mr. Archibald Robertson, general manager of Rothesay Tramways Co. He managed the company when horses were used, electric traction being introduced in 1902 and buses taking the place of the tramcars last September.
BOURNEMOUTH'S 1116,000 PLAN.
LAST Friday, a Ministry of Transport inquiry was held into Bournemouth Corporation's proposal to introduce over 12.miles of trolleybus routes, at a cost of some £110,000. The new services would operate in the town and in the boroughs of Poole and Christchurch,