Leatre Shows Make New Traffic
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:AUSE of the success of certain ilm and theatre shows in Liverpool Manchester. Ribblesdale Coachways, Blackburn, applied to the North ern Traffic Commissioners at Blackon Tuesday to vary their excursion our licence.
ey wanted to operate excursions to :hester and Liverpool throughout the and added that the Manchester serwas not to be operated niore than Ties a year and the one to Liverpool nore than 30 times a year.
• . A. Bolton, a director of Ribblessaid that there had been a great Lnd for evening excursions to the re. At the moment there were no actory road or rail return facilities Liverpool to Blackburn. Mr. T. tt, objecting for British Railways, 'ved that witnesses should have been 1.
Robinson and Sons (Great liar1), Ltd., also applied to vary their to introduce a new excursion to ;hester theatres. Mr. H. Backhouse, he applicants, said that expensive
s could be staged only in large s, to which the public must travel. crworking was required between
t owners and theatre management. bulk of people on this excursion I not be able to get to the theatre heir own. Therefore, Robinson's red that they were creating—not acting—traffic.
. F. D. Walker, objecting for Ribble ✓ Services, Ltd., and W. C. StanderLtd., pointed out that the reason Robinson's did not run theatre sions in the summer was because vehicles were operating extended '. Robinson said in reply that there io demand for theatre traffic in the ter. There had been no collaboration Tri his company and Ribblesdale regard to this traffic.
. G. Dawes, traffic assistant, said .e did not have suitable facilities to for theatre traffic to and from burn. Evidence had shown, howthat there was need for a 'later
e and they might make an applicalater in the year. The case was [wed on Wednesday.
HATCHING BETWEEN LINES: NO CHARGES
LURE by Hertfordshire County panell to hatch between diverging lines on parts of the Great North and A10 led to summonses against rivers being withdrawn at Letcht last week, lite lines diverge on sweeps where desired to segregate traffic moving rposite directions, but Ministry of port regulations require the space am the lines to be hatched (to ate a solid obstacle). Men in
e of marking the roads at the ; concerned misinterpreted the regu.s, but the deficiencies are quickly made good.