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THE importance of foad transport to the cinema business was illustrated during proceedings before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority (Mr. Joseph Farndale), at Leeds, when F.T.S. (Great Britain), Ltd., Clarence Road, Leeds, was given permission to operate an additional vehicle.
Councillor Arthur R. Jones, a director of the applicant company, said that an additional vehicle was needed not Only because of a considerable increase in the number of cinemas in Leeds and elsewhere, but on account of a lack of alternative transport facilities, such as had been caused in Leeds by the cessation of certain tramway services on which films had been carried.
Stating that the applicant company's services were not in competition with those of the railways, Mr. Jones said that the work was carried on mainly during the night, between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. or 4 a.m., and in many places served, no railway facilities were available.
Twenty vehicles were already used in the area, and the number of houses in Leeds alone, for which the company carried films, was more than 60. The vehicles employed were of a type specially protected against fire. They were also suitable for use as ambulances, for which purpoie it was proposed, in such emergencies as railway accidents, to place them at the disposal of the medical officer of health.