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Inspectors’ Advice To Taxi Passengers There was no valid reason why anyone should be overcharged by taxidrivers, said a Wellington braille inspector yesterday. He said that every taxi must have a meter. This must be in good order, and it recorded the correct fare for the benefit of passenger and driver alike. Visitors or Wellington residents could safeguard themselves by looking at the meter at the start of’a trip, when it should register the minimum fare, and at the end, when the full fare would be recorded. Whatever the meter showed then was the fare —no more, no less —phis .certain minor stipulated charges for luggage where such was carried. Meters were a legal' requirement for the protection of both driver and passengers, and any person who exercised ordinary care and intelligence could not be imposed on.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 250, 20 July 1942, Page 6
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