Newfitii■y is shortly to have its own taxicah--and a special set of regulation: Tr, deal with it.
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Lucus a Non Lucendo.
On the score that the local horse,-ald,ies are nttwadays forced to spend • heir it nìe in a state of chronie anentHoyment, the suggestion is made that motoreabs should be introduced to Burton-on-Trent.
Where the Cabs Go To.
The first of the Lotis " cabs, which was supplied to the Auto Transportes de Brazil by Sturmey Motors, Ltd., lias now been at work for over two months, and the managing director has written from Rio to Coventry to tell the makers how pleased he is with it: hehaviour—especiallv its silence.
Undaunted Gaunt.
A halt-hearted attempt was some time ago, made to operate taxicabs in Stockton-on-Tees, but it was abandoned after a short trial. Mr. R. Gaunt, of the Laurels, Stockton, undismayed, is shortly to initiate a new service of two licensed taxicabs and one private-hire vehicle. More power III lic. elbOW.
A Southport Mishap.
In the course at a case in which James Prescott, a taxicab driver in the employ of the Southport Carriage Co., was summoned for driving to the danger of the public, it was stated that, after a lady, who had stepped off the kerb in front of the cab, had been knocked down and run over, the cab was immediately backed on to her nocin. An accusation of excessive speed nas not sustained on this count, and the Bench dismissed the case.
A Case to Note.
A ti river minted Thomas Lyons sought to recover from his late em_ ployers, the White Star Taxies Ltd., of Liverpool, the sum of £7, being 30, for a week's wages in lieu of notice, 42 15s. balance of insurance deduction from his wages, and ..C2 15s. deductions for uniform clothing. He was dismissed on Tile score that he had tampered with the taximeter of his cab. Lyons denied the allegation. Judge Shand, whea giving juelginent for the driver. said there was absolutely no groucd tar the dismissal. He was unable to find that the driver was responsible for the missing or damaged articles belonging to his cab for which the eompany had counterclaimed. The uniform was to be returned by the driver, or, his being paid the claim of VT. A taxicab driver named fleatley was caught in a police-trap at Cardiff last ueek, and •wits charged with travelling at between 25 and 28 miles per hour, while there was a large number of people on the road. He was tined 40s. and costs.
Dublin Day by Day.
All sorts of associations in the Irish capital continne to record their disapproval of the coining introduction of taxicabs into that city. The Guardians of the North Dublin 'Union are the latest to make it their business. Such balderdash was quoted, at a recent meeting, as the reputed &clam tion of a Dublin doctor that his practice would increase 15 per cent. if 100 taxicabs were introduced into Dnblin. That doctor did not know his business, he should have kept his opinion to himself.
A Luxurious Austin Taxicab Fleet.
The last word to date in motorcab luxury appears in the shape of a small fleet of Austin landaulets which has been in service by Taxis de Luxe, Avonmore Road, W. (No. 4542, Western). Nine of the machines are at present completed, and one of the neweat — practically the last of the L.D. section of registration—is shown herewith. The engines are of the standard 15 h.p. four-cylinder Austin type, the bore and stroke being 89 mm. and 102 nun. respectively. Brown, with brass mountings, is the style of finish, and the panels are effectively decorated with black stripes.
A Protected Industry.
No taxicabs are allowed to ply for hire in the station yard at Aberdeen Joint Station. The station rights are at present solely in the hands of it horse-cab proprietor, a Mr. Bain. Incoming passengers are, therefore, unable to secure a motoreab unliss they order one in advance front one of the owners in the town. The railway companies should take prompt steps to reInure this serious inconvenience for their passengers.
Public-service Joy Riding.
A man named Beresford Lisle, at about 7.30 one night recently, hired a taxicab in Newcastle-on-Tyne. 'Upon reaching Benton, the driver's cap blew off, and, while he went to fetch it. Lisle drove off with the cab. Just before midnif.,tht, Lisle drove back into Newcastle, where he was promptly stopped and conveyed to the police station: he was charged with driving a motorcar without a licence. Fourteen previous offences, drunkenness, wilful damage, etc., were proved against the defendant, who, at the time of hearing, was stated to be in a home. He was fined 410 and costs, and was prohibited from holding a licence for two years. Exactly what the marooned cabby got out of the job, we are not told.