Linking Battle Almost Won
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THE determination of Mr. William' son to control excursion !hiking by attaching conditions to all excursion and tour licences, despite much opposition originally, has now brought about a satisfactory conclusion.
Many operators have been content to accept the Commissioners' conditions without question. Others have applied for, and been granted either wholly or in part, variations of their licences allowing the linking of catchment areas and destinations which had previously been done irregularly.
In some areas, such as Morecambe, Blackpool and Manchester, the conditions have been attached to all licences after the applications to the Commissioners were made en bloc.
There is still a number of outstanding applications, but once these have been dealt with the Commissioners will have complete control. Irregularities will be iii direct breach of licence conditions and not, as before, hallowed by long practice and subject to the excuse that -they were not specifically banned by the licences.