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National Travel expansion opposed
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EXTENSION of the National Travel network for British and Continental tours into Wallace Arnold territory in the West Riding of Yorkshire and the catchment areas of other Northern operators, was strongly opposed at Leeds last week.
The Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners were restarting the hearing of applications by Sheffield United Tours Ltd which had been abandoned, after one full day, in early November. The hearing had been delayed pending an appeal by Wallace Arnold Tours against refusal of its own application for extension into South Yorkshire.
When allowing the appeal, the Secretary of State referred to the advantages of competition in the leisure market and indicated that the Commissioners should take this into account in deciding other applications.
During November SUT had reached agreement with two of the objectors, Pleasureways (1955) Ltd and Shearings Holidays Ltd, two associated companies based at Altrincham in Cheshire, who are themselves seeking to extend Yorkshire operations (CM November 29).
On November 27, the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, Mr R. S. Thornton, directed that a letter from these two companies should be read out. It said that all three parties were agreed there was a need for additional facilities in the Leeds, Bradford and Dewsbury areas. A grant to SUT would be in keeping with the appeal decision. The Commissioners were also asked to give favourable consideration to Pleasureways' and Shearings' own applications.
The remaining objectors, Wallace Arnold, Heaps Tours and Happiway Tours (Manchester) Ltd, argued that the letter should not have been introduced as it was an attempt to promote another application which was not relevant.
Evidence was given by Mr T. E. Crewe, assistant operations manager (south), National Travel (North East) Ltd, that new feeder services were proposed into Sheffield, from Leeds via Wakefield and Barnsley; Hull via Goole and Don caster and from Huddersfield.
Cross-examining, Mr J. A. Backhouse, for Happiways, criticized the conditions of SUT's main licences as so complicated that they were difficult for the objectors to understand.
The hearing was adjourned until December 12.