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Eastern National Seek Bankrupt's Licences
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AN application by the Eastern National Omnibus Company to obtain licences previously held by Wright Brothers. of Harlow, who had been made bankrupt, was heard before the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, in London on Tuesday. His decision was reserved.
Eastern National applied for an express service from Harlow to Clacton and various tours and excursions. For them, Mr. R. Yorke said that Wright Bros. failed to renew their licences when they were before the Commissioner in January. Negotiations were in progress with a view to Eastern National buying Wrights.
Mr. Yorke said that what was envisaged was that Eastern National would buy the assets of Wrights and, if the licences were granted, they would make payment for moral obligations. The application was to replace services which Wrights ran legally from 1955 to 1959 and illegally after that. "We want to marry up the Wright services with existing Eastern National services," said Mr. Yorke.
S. G. and R. D. Biss, Harlow, and Charles W. Bamfield, Ltd., objected to the Harlow to Clacton application, and London Transport to part of the application relating to an excursion service to Whipsnade Zoo.
Eastern National's traffic manager said negotiations had been taking place with Wrights, with no progress since January.
In his closing speech for Biss, Mr. James Amphlett described the application as " astonishing " and referred to the "avarice" of Eastern National. He pointed out that the Commissioner had already said at the earlier hearing that there bad been no evidence to support the application.
Mr. Yorke told the Commissioner that it had never been an application to increase existing services. "It may well make a hole in our pocket," he added.
It was not a question of carving up the Wright Brothers' carcase, but a question of who should carry the load.