TAXI DRIVERS AMAZED
TRANSPORT MINISTER’S EDICT (P.A.) AUCKLAND, March 3. The announcement made from Christchurch by the Hon. R. Semple that the doubling up of passengers in taxis must stop or cabs would be put off the road, was the subject of an aggrieved discussion among drivers in Auckland. They had always been opposed to the idea of doubling up, representative drivers stated, as they knew it was a practice that could easily lead to abuse. It had been put into operation only after representations from the Commissioner of Transport. Amazement was expressed that the Minister of Transport should be unaware of the part played by his commissioner in introducing doubling up-
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Southland Times, Issue 24684, 4 March 1942, Page 4
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112TAXI DRIVERS AMAZED Southland Times, Issue 24684, 4 March 1942, Page 4
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