TAXIS FOR SOLDIERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23817, 19 November 1940, Page 9

TAXIS FOR SOLDIERS

PROTESTS FROM PAPAKURA USE OF AUCKLAND CARS Complaints of interference with the business of taxi operators in the PapaIt urn district by Auckland taxis*which travel to the Papakura military camp to bring soldiers to the city resulted in suggestions from the No. 1 Licensing Authority in order to prevent the practice coining before a meeting of the Auckland Transport Board, acting as the Metropolitan Licensing Authority, yesterday. It was stated that the operators iu the Papakura district had been authorised to charge a higher rate ol fare. The suggestions were that the area in which fares might be picked up should be limited to the Auckland transport district, including adjacent wharves, and that the route of service should he from this area to any point within the Dominion. A report of the licensing committee on the matter recommended that the No. 1 Licensing Authority he advised that the proposed amendments would restrict taxi facilities and result in serious objections being raised by both licensees and the travelling public. The opinion was also expressed that tlio best method of meeting the complaint was to adjust the fares of Papakura taxis on a basis comparable with those charged by Auckland taxis for the journe between Papakura and Auckland. T1 ■ report was adopted.