TAXI-CAB BY-LAW
OBSERVANCE CLAIMED TO 8£... PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILIT?.
• Frew A»«oei»*i «*», . • AUCKLAND, Slay 7. An unusual defence was; raised'''ln the police court when three laxi-#ri?er(-were charged with having left their motors on a stand without ■ attendance thereby breaking the by-law, which vides that the driver.of a ; cab must not,-while his vehicle is standing'for hire, be more-than 10 feet distant from' it; ■ -• ; • ; ■''■ -
"Mr A.'E'..Skelton for the defendantssubmitted that a taxi-cab was' not a-' cab within the meaning of .the by-law and if it were he. argued that the by-" law was' unreasdiinble.' It' might '_*e reasonable for "a horse-drawn vebicle'but it~was unreasonable as applied to»'-mechanically-propelled oner He pointed out further that on each taxi-stand there was' a telephone for the conre-' nience of clients, and eJieh time a driver went to the box he infringed the law relating to the ten feet radius. It; was ultimately agreed to adjourn the case for legal' argument "'on' the" "' lan points involved. , .
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10274, 8 May 1919, Page 4
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157TAXI-CAB BY-LAW New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10274, 8 May 1919, Page 4
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