TRANSPORT LICENSES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 292, 4 August 1932, Page 6

TRANSPORT LICENSES

no. three: authority ; BGARD'DEALS WITH NEW APPLICATIONS AND VAR1ATIONS SITTINGS IN ROTORUA A sitting Oi the No. 3 Transport Licensing Aulhority was hold in the courthouse yesterday morning for the purposes of hearing applications for licenses and variations of timetables. Mr. E, L. Walton preriticd, with Messrs. F. J. Furreli and J. Cliff ivlcCullough. Tlie lirst application lieard was that of S. Emerv, for a passenger license between Rotorua and Rotoiti. Mr. E. Roe, for the appiieant, explained that there was no opposition with other services. There was no record of the numfcer of passengers carried. Tiiey varied in the winter, but there were always a lot of campers to cater for in the summer. A seven-seater car was provided. D. M. Fovd, traffic inspector, said he had no objections to the service. and considered it in the interer-ts of the district that it should be continued. W. L. Richards said he had a fishing lodge at Rotoiti and consiuered the service satisfactory and nectssary. Objection was raised to the tsme of the license by the Rotorua Bus Company. Mr. S. Smith pointed out that Mourea, wbich was included in the run, was off the main road to Rotoiti; it was actually on the Tauranga Road. There .was a possibility of interfeien'-e with their RoloruaMourea service, Lut the objection was not pressed. The license was granted. The fares to be 9s return, and 5s singie; parcels to be carried at a charge of 71bs for 6d, over 71bs and up to 281bs, ls. Rotorua-Wairakei The application of the Rotorua Motor Transport Company for a passenger service between Rotorua and Wairakei was opposed by K. Moto'S. the Raiiway Department, for which Mr. G. T. Wilson appeared, withdrew opposition in view oi' the fact 'that the Limetahle had been adjusted. To Mr. Roe, who appeared for the appiieant: Andrew Rrown, secretary of the company, said the servic.e had been running continuously via Reporoa since 1920. For six months of the year they ran tha service daily and for the other six months thrice weekly. The fairs were: To Waiotapu, 7s Gd singie, and 12s 6d return; to Wharepaina, 9s and 15s Gd; Reporoa. 10s and 17s Gd; Wairakei, 15s and £1 17s Gd. Parcels were carried as far as Reporoa for ld per lb and to Wairakei for 2u per ib. The service also picked up passengers and mads from Napier to connect with the train at 4.40 p.m. The car left Rotorua for Wairakei at 8. 15 a.m. to connect with the car leavir.g Wairakei at 11.80. They carxied all passengers booked through Cooks, and practieally all thcse booked by the Tourist Department. L. C. Ryan, manager of the appiieant company, said they did not connect with the 4.40 p.m. train from Auckland because passengers for Wairakei on that train gcnerally caught the seiviee at Putaruru. D. M. Ford, traffic inspector, said the service was satisfactory and in general public interest. For the opposing' company (K. Motors, Ltd.l, Mr. M. II. Hampson coatcnaed that s'nce the last sittmg of the authority the appiieant liad been running an iTegal service. K. Motcvs had been granted a license and h..d rigorousiy conforrned with the re■quirements of the law. The It. license was the cnly one legally in existence, and was sufficient to meet a.l requirements of the route. There was nothing to justify the application being dealt with under scction 26 of the Act. P. A. Kusabs, managing-director of K. Motors, Limited, declared that on? service was auite .vufficient to carry all the passengers offering at the present time. They had the right to run a 14-seater car if the extra spaee were required. After an adjournmont, and the production of figures dealing with passengers carried, the application for a license was granted. Round Trip On behalf of tho Rotorua Motor Transport Co., Mr. Roe asked for a variation of the conditions under which the license was granted. One of the provisions in connection with the round trip was that no passengers must he picked up or set down outside the borough. Many people visiting the district stayed wii.i friends outside the borough, but they could not be picked up for the tr.p. Mr. M. H. Hampson for the K Motors, Ltd., indicated that he would oppose any amendment to enable passengers to be picked up during the journey. Ile did not approve of entering into competition with the taxicabs. The authority refused to make the | amendments. Putting Down Passengers TJie Rotorua Motor Transport 'Co., also asked for a variation of its Ro-torua-Taupo passenger license to enable passengers to be picked up or set down on the route. Mr. Hampson strongly opposed the amendment as it enabled an ordinary service car to be eonverted into a sightseeing trip. The way would he left open to mingle the trips as the license d ^sired. The application was refused. To Okataina „ A s.milar application was niade wilh regard to Okataina. Mr. Roe pointed out that there was no fixed service to th's ple.ee whicli hacl fishing lodges, etc., on th? lake and passengers could not be pick d up or set down by a sightseeing veh cle. Mr. Hampson again opposed, allow.ing a sightseeing vehiele to be used for service purposes. The application was refused and the court adjourned until 10 a.m. this (Thursday) morning.