NOT ENOUGH .TRAFFIC FOR ONE VEHICLE
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DECLARING that the Licensing Authority was right in saying that the traffic offering would not support the operation of even one vehicle, Mr. W. Tudor Devies, an " inspector of the Ministry of Transport, recommended the dismissal of an appeal by MI-. 1 H. Meld rum against the refusal of the North Western Licensing Authority to grant a licence for a group of excursions and tours starting from Talacre, Flint. The appeal was dismissed with costs.
For the appellant, it was held that the railways could not offer circular tours from the area, because no late service to Talacre was run except on Saturdays in August. Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., could not meet the local needs and there could not be abstraction.
Mr. G. H. P. Beames, for the Railway Executive, said this was a case where the established-operator prin
ciple should apply. The railways carried the lonely few in winter, and should be allowed to carry the holidaymakers in summer. Mr. H. Jones, for Crosville, said there was no justification for a new operator in the area,