TAXIMEN'S "WAR."
ARGUMENTS AT DARGAVILLE. i BOROUGH COUNCIL TO ACT. J i j (By Telegraph— Own Correspondent.) DARGAVILLE, this day. Argument arising from the "war" HJnong taxi proprietors in Dargaville \vjcre voiced last night at a special meeting of the Dargaville Borough ciiuncii. when a number of taxi-drivers i'hl others interested in the proposed tcration to the parking regulations id in transport matters, generally were pfetvent. 5 The Mayor, Mr. F. A. Jones, said that tie co-operation of everyone present was needed to make satisfactory arrangenlents. Even if the council's decision did not meet with the approval of everyone it would be made for the benefit of tSe whole town and district. "The town has been rather lackadaisical," he remarked. "The regulations in the past have not been enforced, but' we will have to enforce the new ones."
The town clerk. Miss L. Watson, read a report, in which the traffic inspector, Mr. G. M. Klein, suggested that the taxi stand should be shifted and that certain parking areas should be restricted.
Following a lengthy, and at times acrimonious <liecussion, the Mayor promised that the arguments put forward would be considered by the council.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1937, Page 10
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