NO ROUND-BRITAIN TOUR
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THE Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority last week refused permission to Messrs. A. W. Watson and Co., Dundee, to operate a 12-day 2,135mile round-Britain tour and a seven-day tour from Dundee to the Isle of Man, North Wales and the Isle of Anglisey. Objections were lodged by W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., R. Dickson, jar.. Ltd., and the Railway Executive.
A partner of the applicant company. Mr. A. W. Watson, said that there was no similar tour from Dundee. Many people whom his company had carried in the past could not afford a Continental tour: the proposed round-Britain tour would meet their demand at roughly half the price of an overseas trip. He quoted a charge of f26-£30. • Mr. R. Dickson, jar., stated that there had been an agreement reached in 1947 that Scotland was Watson's territory and the south his. Representatives of objectors spoke of the lack of evidence of need for the prOposed tours,
The Authority granted Watson's permission to extend their five-day Scottish tour. to include the Solway Firth, .WigtosVn and Stranraer.