Vanishing Race

NZ Truth, Issue 1176, 14 June 1928, Page 6

Vanishing Race

T^HB passing of the hansom-cab and 1 the faithful old horse is thought by some to bo a sign of progress. Be that as it . may, it will take a great deal of progress to separate Alf. Rhodes, of Christchurch, from his.beldived.^ classy*- looking- hansom and his faithful gee-gee.; ( Alf. is the last of wjhat were once a popular body of men in the Flat City. Yet that dismays him not one Jot nor tittle. • For there are still those old-fashion-ed folk who prefer to ride behind a horse and who prefer Rhodes' hansom to any gasoline-buggy, even though tH^ name Rolls-Royce be on the radiator in letters a foot high. It seems rather sad, in a way, to see this veteran cabby on the job. But a word with Alf. dispels any gloominess. He will tell you that he finds life a pretty fair sort of business and that, of all company, there's' none to equal that of his trusty prad. He has seen Christchurch grow, year by year. The days spent 'on his box i have imparted to him an unusual philosophy. As a result, he is a particularly happy man. Keen? Of course, he is. Why, he and the old horse will rustle up a fare while the taximen are growling about how dull things are. It will take moro than six cylinders to put Alf. Rhodes out of business.