METERS ON TAXIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 303, 22 December 1926, Page 9

METERS ON TAXIS.

-■■ COMPULSORY PROM ■i( ss.ii 7; JANUARY 1. H .•= -J-. BY*LAW'TO BE ENFORCED. pWnets of taxi motor cars in Auckland * s preparing:'toi comply with the City CorfndPe -ztew , which wDI require all motor care plying.for hire to carry taximeters from January 1. Cars not fitted with meters will be refused licenses, after that date. The Mayor (Mr. Ge'o. Baildon) said '- that about sixty meters were already in operation and other owners bad theirs on order. A number of in-: • stallations had been made during this week and he expected that a rush would - take place during the remaining days, as approximately 200 motor "cars were ehgaged in taxi work in the city. "The City Council has definitely; decided to-bring..the.by-hvw.into operation on. January 1, 1927," he remarked. A by-law dealing with taximeters was passed some" years- ago, but the use of meters has continued to be optional owing" to the" representations of taxi cab owners at various times. On June 24 last, the council -decided by resolution to .enforce the by-law at the beginning >f the New Year. Owners of licensed taxi cabs have been notified accordingly.