UNREASONABLE TAXI BY-LAW.
REDUCED BY JUDGE.
Auckland, July 18. ■ Air Justice Stringer gave his decision in the Supreme Court on a motion by the Auckland Taxi Owners’ Association for an order quashing a by-law increasing the annual license fee from £1 lo £7 10/- and £lO, according to the weight of the vehicle. His Honour said Lo levy such a! lax upon a comparatively smaii section of persons under the guise of license fees on vehicles plying for hire was oppressive and unequal in its operation. He reduced Uie amount to £2.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2760, 19 July 1924, Page 3
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92UNREASONABLE TAXI BY-LAW. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2760, 19 July 1924, Page 3
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