HAMILTON TAXI WAR
AUCKLAND COMPETITION CHEAP FARES IN VOGUE From Our Oicn Correspondent HAMILTON, Today. There is a taxi war on in Hamilton and the public as a resuit will benefii from the dras'tic cut in fares which the local tax-drivers have had to make n cope with competition from a small contingent of Auckland cabs that com menced operations about a month ago While this war is on, a taxi will v.r longer be the rare luxury it was some weeks ago. The new scale of charges will be 3 = for the first mile, and 6d for every ad ditional half mile. Nine Hamilton taximen, who hav.: introduced the new scale of fares term themselves “White Tops,” and it is anticipated that others will come intc the scheme. .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1052, 16 August 1930, Page 11
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129HAMILTON TAXI WAR Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1052, 16 August 1930, Page 11
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