DETAILS OF WILLIAMS CAB
c. 1920B/W print. Williams' Cabs on the south side of Gugeri Street at the rear of the Post Office. A man is in the driver's seat of the first and the horses have nose bags. A horse and cart is travelling west. On the right side are hoardings [ARTHUR E./ DAVIES/ & CO./UNDERTAKERS] and another [UNDERTAKERS/ & AT MARKET ST/ FREMANTLE.] Gugeri street is lined with tall electricity/telephone poles.
Fleet of 6 horse drawn cabs from 1899 - 1944? Cab rank was in Gugeri Street, opposite the Claremont Station and stables for the horses were at the paddock at 22 Gugeri Street, behind the hotel. The cabs were used by boarders from Methodist Ladies College when they were catching a train home during holiday period, by the local police to transport prisoners to the Perth 'lock up', to take the mid wife to expectant mothers and to transport 'drunks' when they were unable to find their way home.The black, 2 horse cabs had a yellow and red line trim. They became obsolete with introduction of motor taxi cabs. Jack (Robert James] Williams drove the last horse drawn cab himself until he retired 1942-44. The cabs were sold off for a token amount (I shilling a piece) to Loreto Convent and Sunset Old Men's Home.
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