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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 46, 18 November 1925, Page 10

WELLINGTON TAXI SYSTEM TO BE REVOLUTIONISED. Investments which have successfully met every test in one thousand and fifty cities of the world must be securities worth knowing more about. Such is the record of the Yellow Cabs—a taxi system which produced a good service and handsome returns to shareholders. A system carried out under exactly similar lines is being introduced to Wellington by well-known local busifiess men, and will be known as the Black and White Cabs Ltd. It will give to the public a perfect travelling facility at a cheaper rate than the existing LEGAL fares. The lower scale to be charged by Black and White Cabs Ltd. will make taxi travelling so popular that there will be room for an additional hundred cabs. Wellington is particularly suitable for a taxi system. , It is the centre of tourist traffic. It is the hub of New Zealand commerce. Moreover, the wharves and ,the railway stations are some distance apart. The minimum fare charged by the Black and White Cabs Ltd. will be Is. Gd., against the present legal fare of 2s. Gd. The reason why such alow scale can be put in operation is because dead running will be cut out. The explanation is simple. A person living in Brooklyn rings up the taxi stand in Courtenay Place for a cab to take him to Thorndon Station. Although he may not have known it before the taxi driver charges him for the run from the stand to Brooklyn, from Brooklyn to Thorndon Station, from Thorndon Station back to the Courtenay Place stand. Actually he has only travelled from Brooklyn to the station; The Black and White Cabs will be operated from various points in the city. After carrying a “fare” each cab will return to the nearest depot and await another call. Thus unpaid running will lie eliminated. A meter in full view of the public records the amount of the fare and safeguards the passenger against being overcharged. A limited number of shares in this proposition is available, and the small investor will find it to his advantage to take up some. Send today for a copv of Prospectus to the Secretary, Mr. E. J Galt, 157 Featherston Street, Wellington.—Advt.

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