COURTEOUS CABMEN. New York’s dishevelled taxicab drivers, whose negligent attire is an outward and visible sign of their democracy, are meeting for the first time competition from a fleet, whose drivers resemble Mayor Walker in the smartness of their dress and Lord Chesterfield in the -elegance of their manners. The new. cabs, which are known as Bradfields, from the name of the company which owns them, will operate at .the present charges, although a price war is threatening from other quarters. The drivers wear a uniform, an innovation which Mr Whalen, the Commissioner of Police, has long advocated, and open the door when a customer wishes to enter or leave. Each cab carries an umbrella for the customer’s use in wet weather.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1929, Page 3
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