High Cost of Taxi
pp. 31-32 · Read in the full issue
Riding in P-NG
XTEW taxi fares are now in opera- JN tion in Port Moresby. They cover both metelred and unmetered cabs; there is a common flag-fall of 2/ “- Taxis equipped with meters can charge at the rate of 2/6 a mile within a radius of ten miles from the Port Moresby Post Office. For trips beyond the ten-mile radius, the rate is 2/- a mile, or part of a mile over any distance.
Except where a cab is required to travel more than two miles from the
Tnvi taxi rank t 0 P ick U P a Passenger, the new fares may be charged only for the distance which the passeng (jr ers actually travel. * Australia, « f* Papua-New Guinea are f nn ta<?ticallv hieh The reasons for this are not clear.
Centainly maintenance rates are higher, but cars and petrol cost no mo re, and the wages, etc., of the native drivers employed are just a fraction of wages and commission 0 f Sydney drivers, In the taxi business, P-NG towns could well take a page out of Suva’s book, where all journeys within town limits are a flat rate of 3/6.
II Air Vice-Marshal R. P. Willock, CB, Civil Aviation Adviser for the UK High Commissioner in Aus tralia visited BSIP in June. While in Honiara he was a guest of the High Commisioner, Mr. John Gutch, and Mrs. Gutch. During his stay he participated in discussions on problems of civil aviation generally.