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Wallace Arnold attacks National Travel
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A CLAIM that National Travel was attempting to ride roughshod over the rights of independents as objectors, under the Road Traffic Act, was made by Mr J. Malcolm Barr, chairman of the Barr and Wallace Arnold Trust, during the closing stages of the 10-day hearing of applications by Sheffield United Tours Ltd.
This company is seeking additional extended tour facilities in the East and West Ridings, with new picking-up points, northbound from Sheffield, at Wakefield, Leeds, Harrogate, York and Huddersfield and new feeder services, southbound, from Leeds, Hull, Huddersfield and Bradford, for a schedule of 77 British and Continental tours.
Mr Malcolm Barr told the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, at Leeds, that it was clear from the 1975 brochure of National Travel (North East) Ltd, that the real intention was to link the Yorkshire operations with those of other NBC subsidiaries in the North East and Midlands of England. This had not been disclosed in the publication of the applica tions and fundamentally altered their whole complexion.
The objectors were not just facing competition from Sheffield United, but from the whole of the National Travel organisation. Other operators throughout these areas would be seriously prejudiced. If the applications were granted it could well lead to a situation where independents had no viable business left. Evidence was given on behalf of Heaps Tours Ltd, Leeds, that 1,800 seats had remained unsold during 1974 and a number of tours had to be cancelled. Any further competition, particularly on the scale now proposed could well lead to the company being forced out of business.
Mr J. A. Backhouse, for Happiway Tours (Manchester) Ltd submitted that the linking of extended tour licences was illegal unless there was authority under all the licences concerned to do so. It was not like the linking of express service licences where each had a separate constituent part.
Mr Peter Fingret, for the applicant, said that despite the allegations concerning an in tention to link with the extended tour operations of Midland Red, The Northern General Transport Co Ltd and East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd, under the banner of National Travel, there was no evidence this would be done on any large scale.
In reply to the chairman, Mr R. S. Thornton, he said he had no instructions to say there would be no linking.
Mr Thornton pointed out that it was being argued that linking gave National Travel an economic and commercial advantage over other operators. It enabled them to carry small groups from various areas which would not otherwise, in themselves, be viable.
The Commissioners reserved their decision.