TAXIS JAM TRAFFIC
DEMONSTRATION BY DRIVERS IN MELBOURNE
PROTEST TO THE PREMIER.
COMPLAINT OF UNFAIR COMPETITION.
By Telegraph —Press Association—Copyright MELBOURNE, December 14.
About 500 taxi-drivers caused traffic confusion in the eastern end of the city today when they parked their cabs unattended outside Parliament House and the men assembled on Parliament steps as a demonstration to the Premier against taxi-control methods.
The grievance is that certain taxi companies, operating from garages not plying for hire, are not bound by the city taxi regulations fixing fares at 9d a mile. The men claim that the Co a mile charged by these companies is undermining wages and conditions. Wild traffic confusion reigned for two hours as the police endeavoured without success to clear the parked cabs. They tool: numbers with a view to prosecution. All registered cabs in the suburban ranks were called in to take part in the demonstration. After lunch a representative called on the Premier, who promised to give consideration to the men’s grievance. There was more confusion after the demonstration as the drivers endeavoured to extricate their cabs and resume work.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1938, Page 7
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184TAXIS JAM TRAFFIC Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1938, Page 7
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