FIFE BUS FACTORY SERVICE DISPUTE
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ADISPUTE between two Fife bus companies over which should be permitted to run services for workers travelling to and from Lyle and Scott's Rosyth factory was heard at an appeal inquiry last week in Edinburgh by Mr. J. A. Dick, a Ministry of Transport inspector.
Gray's Luxury Coaches, Dunfermline, appealed against decisions refusing it road service licences for express services to the factory from Carnock and Ballingry and the granting of stage service licences on these routes to W. Alexander and Sons (Fife) Ltd.
Mr. J. Murray, for Gray's, said that in 1966 the firm applied for licences to operate express services on these routes in addition to another from Kelty, the Alexander objection on the ground that stage carriage services were satisfactory being rejected and the three licences granted.
Alexander had appealed and short-term licences were granted.
When a further application was made by Gray's, Alexander not only objected but applied for, and was granted, licences for the two routes which were the basis of the present dispute.
Mr. R. C. B. Currie, for Alexander, said the Commissioners had rightly based their decision on the needs of both the workers at Lyle and Scott's factory and the general public.
Mr. Dick will submit his report to the MoT, and the decision will be made known later.
ULSTER SHAKE-UP
THE FIRST reading of the Northern Ireland Traffic Bill took place on Tuesday. Legislation is to be introduced by the Minister of Development, Mr. William Fitz-Simmons, whereby a new holding company will acquire the assets of Northern Ireland Railways and Ulsterbus together with a substantial stake in Northern Ireland Carriers. NIC is jointly owned by the British Transport Holding Co. and the Ulster Transport Authority.