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Cars with drivers for hire

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Cars with drivers for hire

Clements’ Motors in Hokitika had a fleet of four cars with drivers available day or night in the early 1920s. At a time when few people could drive or afford to buy a car, garages often offered cars with drivers for hire as well as selling cars.

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Eric Pawson, Cars and the motor industry – Motor services, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22868/cars-with-drivers-for-hire (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eric Pawson, published 2 March 2010, updated 1 December 2014.