TAXI-DRIVERS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 14 November 1930, Page 17

TAXI-DRIVERS.

to thx bditob or thb f&xss. . Sir, —I write to ask you if you; will let the public know the difficult posi-

tion which has come to the taxi-drivers in. Hereford street. "We were allowed

to have six cars on Hereford' street stand, but lately the Council Tbas reduced the number to two, and ."when those 'two are occupied, sbveral; ®t ns who have been -wDrking that stand are ; unable to get on oftener than or t, four ' times a day, and then after ■ watching down some right-of-way for some time. - The-only-ehance-aoue-af.- - ■; us have of getting on the stand is when a catch job -comes along, 1 and V - -have ' to rush to be there before it id eecupied. We have aaked for 4 -feederifor two..more cars in front of MatsOn's in Hereford street, but- without' anything _ ' being done for us. The street'--can be- v. -'j; ' lined with private ears for' some ~«on- ' > siderable time, and 'nothing said, 1 fiat *. taxi is not allowed to park alongside, anywhere in that locality. / I Jiave stood, on that stand for afyrafc fourteen years and have got to know a .lot of people who employ me, and if I, is mi- f able to get on the stand thtey'takfe some- * body else, materially affecting my ovens of a livelihood. - . - I "We are not allowed to carry'anybody' - 'i\ at separate fares to Addington Tarda f or Show Grounds; in faet, if &' jsnaa 'wants to ride in a iaxi he* mustipay a 'load of four or five, if hj« wants to aaleyarda. SurelytbeVteams must be in a bad way when they' have to adopt such tactics to get % few passengers, and enforce ' a by-law'tiiat X' have not heard of before., lenelbse it for your inspection.—Tours/ eteV . i, BICHASB November 23th, 1930. *>*- > < [Enclosure.] ■" t ' 5 * \ Copy of recent by-law isans/d. to. dnarecs »f ? licensed motor-ops. "i, - ti Christchui&,-* - -) 7th Noveiaber,:,lßßo. ' XO ALL, DEIVEES OP' LICENSED £v" V$ MOTOR-CAES. -• V . Tho Drivers o£ Vehicles licenced,lto fly for hire as Motor-caba axe hereby .warned - against- the carrying of . passengers at - i SEPARATE FARES contrary to -the 7 jlfwrisions of. the Christchuron By-law Nii v £4. Any licensed driver- found - ccnninit&inff a . breach of the Traffic By-laws or Segnlations made thereunder will have 'his "Boenee to ply for hire IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED. J., S. NEVILLE, •' Tomjj' fjlQrk I