HAWKERS' STANDS
MINIMUM RENTALS
The quiistioji of the .rentals of street liawkcrs' stands again cropped up at k.st night's meeting of the City Council, when the Bylaws Committed reeommendud that upset rentals'as fixed by the C'hice Traffic Inspector for the sale of fruit hawkers' stands be adopted.
Councillor G. Mitchell expressed the view that in view of. the growing congestion in the streets, the council should no longer offer hawkers' stand facilities. Practically all the , hawkers were Indians, and they, had put their heads together with-a view to keeping down thojental rates.. As. a matter.of policy he opposed the granting of the licences.
.Councillor; Hildreth said, the Hindus were beating the.council; .they bid for the stalls, afterwards auctioned them amongst themselves, and then divided the .money. He contended that minimum rentals should'be fixed, and that the stalls.be not sold'if. the fixed figure was not reached. . The Deputy-Mayor (Councillor M. F. Luekie) said, that that was-.being done. ' Councillor. -F. Mbadowcroft asked that the. inspectors should prevent the practice iof fruit being ; sold from, cases alongside .the stall, arid not actually from the barrow. j The clause was adopted. '
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 50, 28 February 1930, Page 11
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187HAWKERS' STANDS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 50, 28 February 1930, Page 11
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