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31st August 1911, Page 11
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Mr. George du Cros has stated that he can make the motorcab pay for a return of 4.7d, per mile.

The Gamage-Bell fleet now numbet% 113, and the company is obtaining delivery of two Napier cabs per week. The fleet is eventually to number 250.

The W. and G." Co. is still allowing its drivers nine miles mileage and half-a-gallon of petrol to cover the distance of the garage from the "cab area."

Aberdeen is to have a revised taxicab tariff. The charge for shopping, according to "The Aberdeen Journal." is to be 28., and for airing 38.. for the first hour.

Mr. Horace Bell is away recuperating at Ostend ; Mr. W. M. Hodges is away having a busman's holiday on a motor tour ; and Capt. Lynch is back at headquarters.

We are informed that the fleet of four-cylinder Renaults acquired by Mr. Bell. of Horseferry Road, will not be run by him, as he has sold all these cabs in England at a profit.

The '' Mutual" Cab Co., of Ecclestun Street, recently invited tenders from members for three motorcabs which had been returned by a purchaser. The cabs were ultimately bought by Messrs. Kingham and Hobbs. Edgware Road.

New Park Mutual.

Mr. W. Dawkins, who was the first secretary and manager of the New Park Motor Cab Co., has resigned. Mr. A. Fleming, who, we understand, was originally with A rgylls Ltd., in Scotland, now has the running and maintenance of the cabs belonging to this company under his personal control.

The Vic-taxi.

The old established firm of T. Brickland, Ltd., is endeavouring once again to revive the flagging fortune , of the horse-drawn, hackney carriage in the Metropolis. A commencement is being made by the fitting of two smartly-appointed public-service, horse-drawn Victorias with taximeters, and these vehicles, we are assured, during the few days that they have been in service. are proving a successful experiment. These carriages are fitted with Metropolitan fare registers. and the fare is 6d. per mile. The drivers receive 2s. 6d. per day and 25 per cent. of the takings. A New Registration.

The 'R.B." Taxi Co., with an authorized capital of 21,000, by Jordan and Sons, Ltd., 116, Chancery Lane, W.C. to carry on the business of mantifacturers of and dealers in motorcabs, motorbuses, etc., etc. First directors : R. Bell, managing director, and H. Bell.

Gharry Accidents.

Our Calcutta correspondent writes :—" According to the Police Administration report which has just been issued for this city, the horse cabs or gharries are responsible for more accidents than are the motor vehicles which use the streets within the city boundaries."

A New Chassis.

We illustrate on this page a new Gladiator model of motorcab, which has heen produced throughout at the Vinot French works, and is now being placed on the market in this country by Vinot Cars, Lt d. The chassis is fitted with a four-cylinder 16 li.p. engine with Bosch magneto.

Big Pares.

We have received records from a number of correspondents in different parts of the country with regard to the large sums which were earned by many taxicab drivers during the recent partial cessation of railway facilities. Inclusive fares of from 230 to £50 were by no means uncommon. especially in the North. A Driver's Offence.

At 'Westminster once Court on Monday last, the ieth inst., James Barnes, the driver of a Lime motorcab, was brought up on remand betore Mr. Francis, charged with "fraudulent conversion." According to the evidence, the prisoner had taken out a motorcab on the usual daily terms and had not returned for 12 days. The prosecutor, Mr. J. M. Burr, the owner of several Unic cabs, discovered, on the prisoner's return, that the taximeter showed 335 "engaged" miles, and that the prisoner, after deducting the usual 25 per cent. commission, owed him the net sum of 26 13s. 7id. The prosecutor asked for the money, but prisoner stated that, he had none, as he had used the money for various expenses. In defence, the prisoner cited the Hackney Carriage Act, in which it is stated that disputes with regard to money matters between the proprietor and the driver can be settled by a magistrate or a Justice of the Peace, but the Clerk of the Court pointed out that in this case a warrant had been applied for and obtained under the Larceny Act of 1901, and that the prisoner was charged with a criminal offence. Prisoner was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. This is the first-recorded case of a warrant's being obtained for misappropriation of earnings.


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