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Sir,—lf “Taxi Driver’s I Wife” would like to come and feed our sheep and cattle with a wheelbarrow, I i will gladly piggy-back her husband's passengers to their destinations.—Yours. ' etc., M. A. STANTON. Hawarden, May 10, 1971.
Sir,—lf "Taxi Driver’s Wife” is so concerned about the increase in the price of petrol affecting the taxidriver, why does not the taxi-driver exchange his taxi for a rickshaw? It is just about as ridiculous as sugnthat the farmer feed bales of hay a day with a wheelbarrow.—Yours, etc., COOLIE. May 10, 1971. Sir,—Might I suggest to "Taxi Driver’s Wife” that she and her husband invest in a rickshaw?—Yours, etc., PEASANT. May 10. 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32604, 12 May 1971, Page 16
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