TAXI SERVICES
BOOKINGS AND LONGER RUNS
■ < Consideration, has recently been given by the taxi owners and operators at the request of the Wellington Taxi Control Committee, to the reinjTOduction of full forward booking that rin X are still difficulties: ■nf ■ thi ■ *ll? w a §eneral adoption of the principle, desirable though it may be, said Councillor R. L. MaSis- .&,' of the committee, to a , Post reporter .today. The chief difficulty was, of course, fuel supply, and tne companies did not feel able to give any assurance of fulfilment of undertakings of full forward booking: They Snhiir h0Z eVßr ' a/ reed to assist the ? a r 9 & ac .cepting such bookings as tat&'plrmit^ 011 W°Uld fr°m time miUiiifH6^ 01! -b? extending the 10----mile limit for taxi runs had also been ThpSls eJ edV Said Councillor Macalister. S^i geStT Y aI made that thelimit Si.fS 3-0 20 miles, but the SS^^i^^*" P a Permit, oivdem^7K Uld f Vrl for Production ?JL™ mand*>y a traffic inspector; and where runs beyond 10 miles were made p£* UrgTi n? tice-several contingencies could arise to make such runs essential-he could obtain a nermi? wouideh. by + telfP. hone, this Z ¥l d uhe noted in a Permit boo5: and could be quoted to .an inspector in justification of the trip. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1944, Page 6
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213TAXI SERVICES Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1944, Page 6
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