TRANSPORT REGULATIONS

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 67, 20 March 1937, Page 20

TRANSPORT REGULATIONS

Having read so much of the transport regulations, and "one man, one job," I think actions would speak better than promises. A real injustice is being meted out to an ex-soldier, a man with a wife and children, who operates a taxi car in a country district. At the date of the general election he was the only licensed taxi owner and operator in his district. Licensed taxi cars were ■engaged in conveying Voters to and from the polling booths, and I understand a remuneration of £5 was paid. This taxi owner, an ex-soldier, who was also a member of the local Ex-Service-men's Association at that time, did not get the engagement. Another man, a farmer", plied his own private car all day, whilst the taxi stood idle. It is up to Mr. Semple to stop such occurrences. Every day taxi work is being done in the same district by owners of cars which are not licensed. Why make regulations if they are not going to be enforced? Cream lorries, grocery vans, etc., all carry passengers and receive black, looks, and yet no persons are supposed to ride on top of cream cans or inside grocers' vans on the top of foodstuffs for human consumption. It is time Mr. Semple made it clear that this breach of the law was punishable, whether proofs of fare paying can be given or not. The lorry drivers and van men are paid for their jobs at award rates. Even if they declare they receive no extra payment, they are depriving another person of the opportunity of earning a living. LIVE AND LET LIVE.