Licence Terms Must be Observed
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WEmust insist upon the observance of the terms of the licence. It must be made perfectly clear to persons boarding the bus that they cannot alight until it has reached the terminal. The fact that no advantage is accruing to the operator makes no difference."
The Scottish Licensing Authority made this statement, last week, when Neil Beaton, Ltd., Portree, applied to run extra coaches on its GlasgowPortree service, to pick up and set down passengers en route and to alter times of departure. Mr. H. Macrae, managing director, had admitted that on more than one occasion a passenger had been permitted to alight from a coach before it reached Portree.
A witness from a booking agency said that about 60 persons had to he turned away each week because facilities were inadequate. Objections were lodged by W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., David MacBrayne, Ltd., David Lawson, Ltd., and the Railway Executive.
The case was adjourned.
RESIDENTS BELIEVED IN COMPETITION
WHEN Messrs. Harrison Bros., Kirkby Stephen, applied to the Northern. Licensing Authority, last week, to run tours to Morecambe and Blackpool, seven residents of the town appeared in support, stating that they believed in a little competition and wanted to have the choice of two operators.
Messrs. T. Walton and Sons provided facilities of this nature and, with the Railway Executive, appeared as objectors. There was disagreement about the extent of the demand for such services: it was stated that Messrs. Watton's 32seaters had averaged only 21 passengers each last year.
The licence was refused. The Authority expressed sympathy with the seven witnesses, but said that it seemed that they had not fully explored the opportunities offered by the existing operator.
OBITUARY
WEregret to record the deaths of MR. ROBERT WALTER CRAMP and Ma. R. SANDLAND.
Mr. Cramp, who was a director of Wakefield's Motors, Ltd., became general manager of the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., in 1913, and in 1926 took charge of the Tynemouth and District Transport Co., Ltd. He was aged 90 and had retired 20 years ago. Mr. Sandland, who was a director of Willenhall Motor Services, Ltd., and his wife were • drowned at Poole, Dorset, last week-end.
POINTERS ON DESIGN
BASED on information collected at the 1951 Design Congress (reported in "The Commercial Motor" on September 28, 1951), a booklet entitled "Design Policy in Industry" has been published by the Council of Industrial Design, price 3s. 6d.