MAORIS AND MOTOR-CARS.
A LUXURY ON CREDIT. I!y Press Association WanjKUiai, La>.t Xight. "This is tlie most unsatisfactory case , that lias ever come before ino," said Mr. W. Kerr, S.IL, to-day, in respect to a case where Albert (I. M'ackay sued three natives for .i'oi for hire of taxi-cabs. Tile claim stated tiiat' the defendant-' had ordered taxi-cabs on seven different occasions to make visits to Palm-' »erston Xorth. The chauffeur in Hie employ of the plaintiff stated that on one ■ occasion, when at Pahner.-ion Xoi'th. one of the defendants had "shouted" him a motoring coat, payim; C(! I.ls for it. In the course of evidence for the defence it was stated that, tlie three ' defendants were joint owners, with , eleven others, in a block of land, a; 1 , the taxi-cabs had boon hired in the common interest', to likely purchasers. In non-suiting plaint':!', th" I ' «aid that -Maoris dearly loved motorears. There had been several similar cases of late, and he could not under- , stand how taxi-cab owners did such precarious business, as in many eases the natives were in indigent circumstances.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 190, 20 January 1915, Page 5
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183MAORIS AND MOTOR-CARS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 190, 20 January 1915, Page 5
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