Hi Susie - another great find of yours!! Some goodies from the Geelong Advertisers which you may care to add to relevant names on the list. Regards, Pam Jennings 24/3/1877 Geelong Advertiser A cabman named WINGROVE was summoned to appear at the Geelong Police Court by the Inspector, for preventing another cabman named LANE from obtaining a 'job'. The hackney carriage law does not allow a cabman being off his rank unless engaged and it appears that Wingrove had been waiting at the Victoria Hotel for fully an hour and when in the act of moving off, had obtained Lane's fare, the latter having signalled from the first position in the rank to come over. Of course Lane considered himself wronged and demonstratively informed the public so. The Inspector was a witness to the whole occurrence and a fine of 10/- was inflicted with 2/6 on Wingrove. Later is was said that STONEHAM, Wingrove's employer, struck Lane who has taken out a summons against him and Stoneham will have to appear within the next few days. (see 27.3.1877) 24.12.1877 Geelong Advertiser Public Notices advertiement for Annual Inspection of Hackney carriages 14.8.1877 Geelong Advertiser Mr Tweeddale, Inspector of Hackney Carriages received special instructions to prevent cabmen from obstructing the street in front of Mechanic Institute by backing their cabs into the kerb ad thereby preventing private vehicles having free access to the doors of the Institute. The stand for licensed hackney carriages is in the centre of the street ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susie Zada" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:11 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Hackney Carriage owners in Geelong 1877 > Hi Folks, > > While researching a totally different subject, I came across the list of > cab > owners being assessed for licenses (December 1877) for 1878. There were > 48 > licensed cabs in Geelong in 1877. > > I thought it was a lovely and possibly useful list, so I've added it to > the > Geelong & District web site at ........... > > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcabs.htm > > Have fun ........... Susie Z > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message