TAXI-CAB ENGAGEMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1515, 10 August 1912, Page 7

TAXI-CAB ENGAGEMENTS.

' DROT3E TAUGHT A' LESSON. ! fßy Tolegraph.-Pre?3-Asso«la.ti6n.) ' ':.. '.' . "'■'' 'Auckland, August 9. .A judgment m a case relating to the responsibility of taxi-cab drivers towards tie. travelling public and to pedestrian users ot;streets was given in the Police Lourt tins morning by Mr. E. C. Cutten,

The case' was. brought against Waller ivenner, and..the charge, .was that he had °?£ e ; 1 o ™ er - d r nt^?;i o "'.t?M ! over' a,ft .rtp- • ' :ri-T. f r and' J Sairie'refused! , " ':i -x-.! would try to do so, but would ' vy - '■■ riv, i^ e anr responsibility for some .'sr?.-..i.i. ~-aicli he could not define. K.>> V-1 ship-said that defendant's eviuf :'<*:■ i|i; tared to him unsatisfactory,.and *r ■■.-•!;.•.:..■ minion .that defendant made no >v;-i.-.-.p- ...ileavour to carry out his ap-.'i-.'i; ;i.-xn'.. '.The by-law ■ was perfectly ■■'.;• i:.'.j, and, if taxicabs and other' --'>■■ ■■'■:.• to bs of any real-value to the .'■■;'■:■ , :'M drivers must carry out their iiiiz-.-ijivAicnts.' ■ The present engagement ■ l '..- j , ...; :ar -a. specific motor-ear, but for a ini-_!t..- i-;;r to he at a certain plnce at a -■•'■.:-■> .me, and the responsibility was j •>:i r.--i- -i-lrt of defendant. .Defendant! '-•'■■' -I fined 10s. and 235. costs. j

/•: ;JIERI MINING COMPANY! .„'l'--.- .isaieri Mining Company, recently ""''■■■.'■ '<•'' work ground at Kaiiisri, has rcti'!•■•• the Humphreys Gully Mining ! .<j'v ji:i :f .5 water-race, the 1 price bein" ■'>}':.'!'■'■ It is stated that this water :;;::• -1-ich comprises Ififl heads cost 'i- :.T:aal owners J31Q0.000. ond the '■■■'.'■•• .■••■.■ i are now in a position to treat •μ-v :f.-i'»n? ground which has hitherto .'<■■■:■ for. the-reason tl>*t tio "<■•. I.i; ; previously boon available to ■•?•:'•■■ ■ ■ The- rornpnny- thinks that it has ■!.;■"-•;. •■riKht-fnture before it as, besides :■ ;.«.:;-, itional asset,.-the-operations of ■I'.' ... ivr-nment keystone borer, under the ■■;•■■•■.!-:,I ■..■!.Mr. Seale, have resulted in a -■•■:•■ rv;,. test of a wide area which, it is :■.'•:: ■•'••. ! .s all proved to bt> rich, as hijrh u :i '•.•.nee to tho load bring obtained. ••"." ", ?:';■' a the total catftal required -■■■■■:"/ was snbscribpd before <anv pro•.;>;.r ■■= vm issu°d.- The flotation rf the •OM-i .•■. y re solely in the hands, of Mr. -'.. . 1.- , ;, engineer, who knows the pro- •■;;■.--.•. Tt is; understood that the inten- ;:.' 11 - '■- ,0 scatter the: shares throughout .-..•: ■• >.v-.vmd.-.- With this ohyct in view ■ -■'■ ■■<■-~ intends visiting Wellington in ■a? ..; ir future. Those ,dcs7wns. ofob- '"':■: (urther information should com-#:ri-:;t.' with Mr. lee at Hokitika.