DISPUTE SETTLED.
TAXIMEN'S THREAT.
PASSENGERS FROM LINERS,
SHORT-LIVED BOYCOTT. I The.threat of the taxi drivers yesterday to boycott all liners arriving at the port 011 account of alleged grievances concerning the 'transport of passengers from the wharves lias been withdrawn, a satisfactory settlement of the trouble, which came to a head when the Orient liner Oronsay berthed yesterday, having been achieved. Some 70 taxi drivers waiting for fares yesterday when the cruise ship arrived left* the wharf in a body and refused to accept any business from the ship.
After a general meeting of the drivers' conferences took place yesterday afternoon between representatives appointed by the taxi drivers and the authorities concerned, and these were brought to 'a successful conclusion. In the first place, .'a deputation representative of the drivers met Xo. 1 Transport Licensing Authority, Mr* E. J.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 12
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