GISBORNE TAXI SERVICE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21978, 23 March 1946, Page 4

GISBORNE TAXI SERVICE

Sir.—Some time ago a local returned soldier was refused a license on the grounds that there were already enough taxis in Gisborne. If that is so, why do we have to begin our journey .to Wellington an hour sooner than necessary because it suits the taxi driver .to set us at the station soon after eight to catch a train that leaves at nine? Why is it that we cannot have a taxi to ourselves but must always share it to full and overflowing and yet get charged the same' fare as for only one in a taxi? Why is it that when you want a taxi they always inquire first where you want to go and then tell the passenger when jhey will come — not the passenger tell the taxi driver when to come. Gisborne needs at least twice as many taxis as at present to give adequate service so that the aged, the sick, the mother with young children. as well as the other people, can avoid waiting at .the station almost an hour before the train leaves in the morning and another hour when they return at night. Wake up Gisborne! It is time you stopped being dictated to by the taxi drivers. I. M. MEEK.