Taxis and the Twenty-mile Limit
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DUNEDIN, May 6.. ' ' It appears tliat there is a difference of opinion in relation' tp the application of the 20-mile limit to be imposed upon taxis in the four main eentres." said' the Minister of Transport, Mr. Hackett. n a statement today. "There is nti law that actually prevents a taxi fromiccepting a fare or fares from, say, Dunedin to the Oamaru races, but there is an agreement in existenee between the Oommissioner of Transport and the Taxi Owners' and Drivers' Federation tliat has'as its objective the 'appiication of the 20-mile limit. The penaity agreed upon, wliieh will delinitely be enforced, is that if a faxi driver undertakes to take fares outside the 20-mile limit. then his future petrol lieenees will be reduced by the assessed amount of petrol so used. So if a fare is aeeepted c'rom Dunedin to Oamaru and 10 galions of spirit is usedato do the, trip, then his future lieenees will be reduced by 10 gallons. The Transport Deparfment has been instructed to keep a striel lookout for breaches of the regulatiou uncl lgnorance will not be aeeepted as an excuse. As previously stated, pernuts to travel beyond the 20-mile limit .vill be granted in cases of emergency meh as sickness.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 May 1948, Page 7
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214Taxis and the Twenty-mile Limit Chronicle (Levin), 7 May 1948, Page 7
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