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Page 10 HERALD THURSDAY DEC Georgetown Cabbies Lost Money Sunday A letter supported by the day work showed committee of council Thursday night Georgetown taxi owners lost by operating last Sunday Council had asked the three owners to explain their Sunday closing position The taxi owners stated they are now working between and hours a week because they cannot get help They pointed out they had advertised for three weeks but the applicants all backed out when tbey found out the length of time taken to Investigate them and luue a taxi driver license TEMPORARY The taxi drivers have complained for some time about the fact there are no temporary licenses here when there are In other municipalities The temporary license would be In force while the permanent one is being processed They also sought a lowering of the insurance demands set out by council in the proposed by law Council Is asking for in Em Hyde felt ISO the amount set by the province was sufficient Ernie Sykes emphasized they could not ask the men to operate at a loss SAME DAY Cr Donna Denlson stated temporary licenses are issued In Toronto And the men can start driving taxi the same day she added She pointed out that the taxi owners would still be careful who they hired since they had an Investment In the cars Cr Em Hyde suggested temporary licenses should be issued to an applicant who has lived In the town for six months and has a chauffeur a license When Cr agreed with him there were remarks around the table such as The by law will be reworded to cover the three controversial points NORTH REPORT Police officers from North Hal ton Detachment of the On tario Provincial Police worked a total of hours and patrolled 8S10 miles during the week ending December Summonses were issued to motorists for traffic violations and an additional drivers received warnings Convictions registered in Provincial Court numbered There were 45 general which required vestigatlon Included In this number were thefts person charged for violating the Liquor Control Act persons reported missing and later located In of damage to property and 1 person charged with assault The remaining currences were minor in nature Improvement in the area of traffic collisions must be noted this week The number and severity of this week collisions Is less than In previous weeks Sixteen vehicles were involved in 12 collisions with damage turn estimated to total Two collisions resulted in injury people with remaining collisions causing property damage only Five drivers have been charged as a result of being involved In these collisions The causes of these collisions have been at to inattentive driving speed too fast for road or traffic conditions improper turns driver lost control and Impaired driving Provincial Constable JUL North Halton Detach Accident Prevention Of fleer visited Public School speaking to students about safety Everyone knows that road ways become more slippery when wet But knowing the danger down t always lead to doing something about it Ac cording to a study by the Texas Highway Department 85 per cent There are Only 8 More Shopping Days Until Christmas