"Fixed Income" Tours Not Recognized
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'TOURS restricted to " fixed income" or elderly passengers, which have been operated this year by Shearings Tours (Manchester), Ltd., were criticized last week by Maj. F. S. Eastwood, chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners. He pointed out that such restrictions could not be enforced. so the arrangement was bad in law.
"I cannot recognize such a restriction on a licence in my traffic area," he declared. Maj. Eastwood was hearing an application by Shearings for the variation of an express licence between Leeds and Manchester by amending two inclusive tours and adding an extra vehicle to the allowance at peak periods.
There were objeotions by British Railways; Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd.; Feather Bros. (Tours), Ltd,; and Heaps Tours, Ltd. They claimed that their traffic would be abstracted by a grant.
Mr. F. H. Robinson, a Shearings director, said the Leeds-Manchester licence constituted a feeder service from Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Brighouse and Huddersfield for their Manchester lieence. There had been a growing demand from Yorkshire since 1954, and this year they had instituted "fixed income" or elderly persons' tours for people of 55 and over.
Maj. Eastwood interrupted to point out that such a principle could not be accepted.
Answering Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for the railways, Mr. Robinson claimed that there was a tremendous demand, in Yorkshire and elsewhere for inclusive holidays.
Mr. J. M. Barr, Wallace Arnold's assistant managing director, said in evidence that traffic would be abstracted from his companies.
Mr. Atkinson submitted that a grant would result in a Lancashire operator being given an extra vehicle to take away growing traffic from Yorkshire operators.
Maj. Eastwood said a decision would be announced after the North Western Commissioners had been consulted.