TAXI FARES INCREASED
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, August 3,
The rise in the price of petrol by 4d a gallon was followed swiftly by an increase in taxi fares in the city. The metropolitan licensing authority,, which convened a special meeting at short notice, was presented by .taxi firms with evidence of the effects of increased costs on the, industry, and had no hesitation in granting permission for taxi fares to be increased by 3d a trip. The increase will not applyto fares which taxis mre permitted to charge for service to racecourses from within a quarter of a mile of Cathedral Square. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 5
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