• C b Drivers Boycott Manchester Railway Stations
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MMjTANCFIESTER cab proprietors are boycott the approaches to the three principal railway stations in the city from May 8, as a result of a dispute which has arisen between the Manchester and Salford OwnerDrivers' Association and the railway companies regarding the conditions under which taxis ply for hire on the station approaches. .
Last January, the Owner-Drivers' Association, which represents 85 per cent, of the 284 taxi drivers in the city, and the Manchester Watch Committee, made representations to the 'railway companies urging that the station approaches should he thrown open to all taxis in the city. The railway companies refused to accede to the request. Their reply contained no reason for the refusal, and after the Owner-Drivers' Association had considered the position the boycott was decided upon.
At present, only about 70 Mans chester taxis are permitted to pick up passengers at the city's railway stations and for the privilege they pay £7 16s. a year.
Mr. William M, Woyenden, secretary of the Association, estimates that as a result of the railways' action some 30,000 miles are covered each week by Manchester taxis in making unnecessary journeys.
Alderman_ Harry Thorneycroft, M.P., chairman of the Manchester Watch Committee, has • approached Mr_ P. J. Noel-Baker, M.P., on the matter.
Service men and women with full kit, and hospital patients, are exceptions to the boycott. They will be taken to the entrances of the " banned " stations.