With Offenders
pp. 132-133 · Read in the full issue
Taxi Overcharging
Suva to Get Tough With Offenders
THE Transport Control Board i Fiji has moved quickly institute control of taxi servici following complaints about ovei charging.
The board has recommended 1 the Colonial Secretary (Mr. A. ] R. Stoddart) that in future tl number of taxis be limited, th! fare meters be installed, and thi no taxi drivers’ licences be issue without a thorough investigate into the applicant’s background.
The criminal element has bee increasing among taxi drivel especially those not employed \ reputable firms.
The Fiji Visitors’ Bureau hi became alarmed at the increasii number of cases of overchargii reported to it, and wonders ho many unreported cases there are
[?]dern Theatre for Suva . . . [?]e new Phoenix Theatre, now being built [?]odwell Rd., Suva, is expected to be in [?]y October. It will be Fiji's most modern [?]a. Narain Construction Co., are the Con [?]ors.
Photo: Stinsons.