TAXIS IN DUNEDIN
COMMITTEE EVIDENCE HIGHER. FARES OPPOSED (Par Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The Taxi Inquiry Committee heard further evidence this morning. Mr. A. Hunt, of Itoslyn Taxis, suggested charging for the. carriage of luggage. In order to limit the numbers of taxis witness suggestedjthe establishment of a depot in certain districts, and tlun when the business warranted it the fleet of any depot, could lie increased. Mr. Roy Patrick Steel, who founded tile Gold Star Taxis and introduced reduced fares and the commission payment to drivers on a basis of 35 1-3 per cent, stated that the average earning of drivers was £5 or £5 10s a, week, working 146 to 160 hours a fortnight. He thought the fares charged gave a reasonable return. Any increase would be disastrous. Fewer people would use the taxis, with resultant unemployment. Jfe opposed any limitation of taxis as leading to monopolies, but would favour regular hours and fixed wages if they had universal application.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 6
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