Taxi Businesses
Sir,—Taxi proprietors have the advantage of appeals dealt with by re-hearing before a judge. If the appeals are excessive the remedy lies in their own hands, as the most numerous appellants against all new applicants. This federation of taxi men appears to hold the view that every man is the best judge of his >own case. It is arrant humbug to talk about suitable applicants In a business notorious for exorbitant goodwill demanded from newcomers,
e.g., £lB5O-£2300. The man who can find the money will be acceptable to “the industry.” Democratic rights should not be confused with self-interest— Yours, etc.,
\ crvis. September 8, 1958.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28690, 13 September 1958, Page 3
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