Letter to Authority Creates Stir
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A LETTER addressed to Mr. S. W. 1-1, Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, which made observations against an applicant but did not originate from an objector created consternation when it was produced at Bristol last week.
During his cross-examination, Mr. T. Amblin, for eight independent objectors, started to read the letter from the Tone Vale Transport Co., but he was interrupted by the Authority.
He deprecated Tone Vale's letter being read in court and said that if the company wanted to make observations they should have lodged a proper objection.
" Mr. L. W. Gready, Manor Close, East Brent, Highbridge, had applied to add a 41-tonner to his A licence, and produced figures to show that his present vehicle earned £3,049 during 1959.
Objection also came from the British Transport Commission, but this was withdrawn when Mr. Gready agreed to amend the normal user to "general goods, mainly building materials and requisites, agricultural produce and .requisites, to exclude Avonmouth and Bristol, and not to carry meat, 250 miles."
The application was •granted on the amended normal user.
LINK PROHIBITIONS OPPOSED
AORE proposals to prohibit the linkIVI ing of destinations and catchment areas on licences based in the Oldham district were made by the North Western Traffic Commissioners at Manchester last week. Mrs. Agnes Threlfall, 36a Medlock Road, Woodhouses, -Failsworth, who opposed the conditions and asked to be allowed to link two licences based at Woodhouses and Oldham, said that she had linked the picking-up points and destinations for three years.
Figures gave details of joint operation, and Mrs. Threlfall said that this was her way of building up the business. She had been under the impression that it was in order to link.
Mr. Edward Jones, for British Railways, who objected, said figures should show individual operation. In certain cases where there had only been enough passengers to fill one coach, two vehicles had been sent to the same destination.
An unopposed application was also made by Rigbys, Ltd., Patricroft, who sought to link the catchment areas of two of their licences based at Liverpool Road. Eccles, and Chorley Road, Swinton.
Mr. F. Williamson, chairman, reserved decision on both cases.
TROLLEYBUSES CHAMPIONED
A PROPOSAL to scrap Hull's trolley
buses should be rejected, the local ratepayers' league have told the city council. The league have pointed out the claimed advantages of electric vehicles, and stated that in the past 10 years the trolleybuses have made a profit of £237,212, whereas the net surplus from motorbuses was £18,555, e 1 0