WOMEN TAXI-DRIVERS
EFFICIENT SERVICE GIVEN Three women are now operating taxis for a Dunedin company, and a fourth will begiii work shortly. At least one has been employed for over two months in taxi work. It seems likely that women will play an increasingly large part in taxi staffs as the war progresses. The manager of the company employing these women stated that they were replacing men who had joined the services, and were readjusting the shortages of staff arising from this cause. The women accepted the work of driving taxis on the understanding that the men. whose places they filled would be given their jobs again when they returned from overseas. As more men are drafted, the opportunity for women to take up taxi work will increase.
The women were giving every satisfaction in their work, the manager of the company added. They worked the same shifts as the men had done, and were efficient drivers. On many occasions the women had been complimented on their work by appreciative customers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20634, 9 December 1941, Page 9
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171WOMEN TAXI-DRIVERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20634, 9 December 1941, Page 9
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