TAXI FARES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 239, 6 October 1916, Page 7

TAXI FARES.

t , gxe INCREASES PROPOSED. 1 DEBATED- #S: CITY COUNCIL. _42n> KEFERBED BACK TO COMMITTEE. " lac question of fares for the hire of _e**d motor vehicles was discussed K~njgh± as a special meeting of the Qtv Council, which, iwas convened for «»" ■purpose oi considering new by-laws •-ned by the Finance Committee. Hie Mayor (Mr. J. H. Gunson) exthat the effect of the proposed Sjaws. .would be to emposver the taxifeyos to charge for double distance at gfe rate oi V per mile, instead of chaxgniyfor one way only as before. For inif a driver was engaged to go jjar-nates out oi the city he would- be .He to charge for four miles out and fonr nmes back. The Mayor also sugjgjfcd that the proposed extra charge of =0 per cent should be limited to the ioffls between midnight and 6 ajn., inoi bang extended to 7 a.m. and eaaßeffißg **&■ **"* morning express taffic. The Mayor said that, in response in a -petition from the taxi owners, the ajnunittee had framed by-laws on the jgjes of their request, and the committee aslced that 'the attention of the Council sjjonld.be called to these points. Ct. Can expressed the opinion that a» proposed by-laws would_ give an unfair advantage to the taxi owners as compared with the owners of ordinary Cr. Holdsworth said that whether it «ns Jeril or no *' c understood that ber owners had already been charging &0& traysHie Mayor: That is an dlegal charge. £x. Holdsworth: While some increase nav'tft Justified, I think that £6 for gj2ht hcurs is too much like buying the IJie ilavor: ~80 you move an mestQr. Holdsworth: Yes. I move that tne-charsre per hour be 12/6 instead of 15/- " . „ Cr. Baildon seconded, expressing the that the proposed increase was "coming it too hot.' The Mayor: The committee have sent ■-fen forward, and the matter is purely are for the Council. Cr. Michaels suggested that the matter should be referred back to the Funnee Committee, and Cr. Holdsworth joreeijßlV the amendment was altered to Sat effect and carried.