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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 8

• A;'taximeter. which, at.. the, end.. of:(the journey, delivers to passengers, a ticket on .which.iisi stamped, the amount of t'tho .faro' ; due;'-' the/ 'number-' of' tfie' cab, ; And' the '.company; to ;!which. it-' belongs,' jiyill shortly be : " seen 1 ' on'. the'- Lond.bn! streets. Apart,from acting as a "taxicab; conductor,"' the; instrument also plays the Jpart of a : - travelling- clerk, f The -hist'ort .of. the -day's ; work' is recorded on-a. 'fape. The machinery is. similar, indeed;',to a-tape.machine, and is operated by .dock-, work. '.. The. number-of miles, travelled,. the time .taken- on .each .mile, and' the time the cab has. been on ."duty" are all marked on the-tape by. a .series of fdots.; The inventor-of. this ingenious '■ instrument'is Mr. F/Heron Rogers,'who-has already- introduced; it on', the Continent. :. Particulars are advertised of-a-' kelson property for 6alo. by Messrs. F.-and D, ; Edwards,' Nelson; '■ ; ' -■ .'t":.;,■ i

-Mr. Harry .'Palmer., will hold an unreserved sale of nigs, produce,, poultrj/'fruit, etc' at-the maJV Palmerston-Mth to. morrow,'at o'clock noon. ; r .' ;. ".■.:"■;