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A winding-up order has been made in the case of Automobiles de Luxe, Ltd., 6a, Tudor Street, E. U.
Paris cab drivers are to be encouraged to become linguists, at the instance of the French Ministry of Commerce. Prizes are to be offered to men who are able to speak English and German.
The Scotland Yard authorities, owing to the demand for motorcabs near Marble Arch, has authorized a cab rank near the junction of Bayswa ter Road and Edgware Road : the rank is to accommodate 26 cabs.
The current traffic receipts of the General Motor Cab Co., Ltd. were 216,679 for the week ending the 15th of July. For the corresponding week of last year the figure was £18,914, and for the previous week this year .219,130.
Sheffield City Council has recently had under consideration the question of considerable expenditure by the Highways Department upon taxicab hire. 2180 has been spent in this way during the past twelve months. The Chairman of the Highways Committee is now proposing to purchase a motorcar for the use of the officials who have recently had to rely upon taxicab service.
Express Up for Auction.
Last week a public auction of the cabs and effects of the Express Motor Cab Co., Ltd., took place at the garage in Camden Town. The Ballot cabs fetched from £70 to LAO and the Belsize from £120 to 2150. There were several country buyers, and a few were bought for India. A few were purchased with the idea of straightaway getting them relicensed for London, and the buyer appeared to be Unaware that these cabs would require some alteration beforehand. "W. and G." Outing.
The "W. and G." (staff and drivers) outing to Yarmouth will take place on the 29th lust. The train leaves Liverpool Street at 6.20 a.m. —an early hour for taxi-drivers.
At Rotherham's Stations.
Moorhouse and Co., Ltd., of Rotherham, has arranged with the local borough council to maintain a taxicab service in connection with the three railway stations in that town.
A Brighton Failure.
In the Brighton Bankruptcy Court, P. M. S. Carmichael, who formerly carried on a motoreab business at the Prudential Garage, King Street, Brighton, was formally examined. He commenced business in March, 1907. with cabs procured on the hire-purchase system. In September last he transferred the 'business to the Brighton Automobile Co. He stated that his original capital had gone in losses on the business, owing to the rent of premises being too heavy. He attributed his insolvency "to going ahead without any money."
1111.--E10.
The driver of a Brixton cab, the plate number of which is LN 1111, was recently summoned for driving in a dangerous manner in Whitehall at 11.55 a.m. on the 21st of June. The case was heard at Bow Street, and for the defence the (Myer contended that he was not in Whitehall at all on the day in ques
tion. The magistrate adjourned the case sine die, to see if a Colonel Lloyd, who witnessed the occurrence, which was merely the disregard of the police officer's signal, could give evidence. He had gone away to the country but was able to attend on Saturday last, when the magistrate imposed a fine of 210 and 23s. costs.
AS Scotland Yard will not license any cabs, the petrol supply of which is pressure fed, the position of the petrol tank on the Austin cabs has now been altered to the dash-board.
Cent. per Cent. in U.S.A.
The British Consul at St. Louis, U.S.A., reports that there are 125 taxicabs in that city and no motorbuses. He is of opinion that the local taxicab services do not pay. The fare schedule is : for two passengers, first mile 2s. hi. and 5d.
for each succeeding mile ; for three or four passengers, 4s. Id. for the first two-thirds of a mile. Each package costs 10d. as an extra. The wages of the drivers are 8s. 4d. per day with the expectation of a like amount in tips, and we presume they collar the extras.
Medical Certificate Regulations.
The deputation of the Cabdrivers and Bus and Tramdrivers Unions to Mr. Masterman, at the Home Office on Tuesday of last week, has resulted in the modification of the recent order as to a compulsory medical certificate. No driver at present holding a mechanical licence is to be examined if he be under 50 years of age, but a driver who is 50 or over may be called upon to be examined every five years. Any applicant for a new licence is to be subjected to a severe medical examination. As the majority of those at present holding mechanical licences have already been examined by the cab companies for insurance purposes, the risk of any accident owing to unfitness is a remote one. It is. however, curious to note that a driver of one of the Brixton cabs was taken suddenly ill on Wednesday morning of last week, while at the wheel, and died without recovering consciousness. Such a case is happily very rare.