"CONVENIENCE DOES NOT JUSTIFY GRANT"
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THE Scottish Licensing Authority wrongly allowed a Barrhead coach company a licence to run 14-day tours to the French and Italian Rivieras, Mr. R. P. Morison, K.C., submitted, when appeals by the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., the Railways Executive and Cotter's Tours, Ltd., were heard, last week, by Mr. J. B. M. Young, in. Glasgow. The respondent was Henry McKelvie and Co., Barrhead.
Mr. Morison said that the attraction which McKelvie's offered was that a change of vehicle at London was eliminated. Passengers would travel from Barrhead to Nice in the same coaches. "I submit," he said, "that this is a misdirection. The fact that some people find it convenient to go all the way by the same bus is not in law correct for the granting of a road service licence."
He also alleged that the Licens:ng Authority attached undue importance to the letters of support given to the original application. The fare would be £50, it had been stated. Mr. Morison thought that this was too high for the shipyard and engineering employees for whom the company intended to cater.