THE RECENT FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.
TO Tni KUITOH. Sir, — Might 1 be permitted through your columns to ask a few questions miggestod by the above subject — tl»e aiihwers to which, in the intt'ivsts of public «afoty, you might be able to give on enquiry, Wiui Mi 1 , Uoylo present at the inquest on the driver, and was any evidence a«keil for or given a*, to tho condition of tho cab prior to the accident? How often aro tho cabs in Wellington inspected? Has (lu> Inspector any special knowledge of the cairiage-btiildniß tiNtde, etc.? Hue* the liihjHK;t<ir time to curry out the important dut.ii'.K of Inspector of Public Convey,nu\ti7 l« it true that old and brokendown cabs aio um\l for night work? l/» it triKs that a rab comh-mncd in Christchinch ten y-<?urs "ago aw unxmiml is running for hic»v now m Wellington? I ask tliwe quc.'aionn b«*ii<«s I bflicvo tho inbpvcvioii of public conwyarxwA i» carried out in a uuifit cuhu.il luun'iwr in tltm gu-ua-yoii-pleawo Wellington. Personally 1 know there are several oxctlkuit and woll-kopt cabs for lure in Wellington — on tlm oth««r hand I know of a good many wry indifferent, lmdjy-kopt, and ptuiuibly unsafe ones. — I mil, etc., ' A CITIZEN. Wellington, Ith March, 1904.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 55, 5 March 1904, Page 9
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206THE RECENT FATAL CAB ACCIDENT. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 55, 5 March 1904, Page 9
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