A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XXII.—PERSONS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Sub-order 2.—Road Transport Workers

711.—Livery Stable Proprietors and Managers

cab proprietor, job master, livery stable keeper, livery stable proprietor, brake proprietor, carriage master, carriage proprietor, coach master, coach proprietor, fly master, fly proprietor, hack master, wagonette proprietor: hires out horse-drawn vehicles; may drive vehicle himself; may also own petrol driven vehicles for hire; duties as for livery stable manager q.v.
horse letter, horse proprietor: owns horses which he lets out for riding or for draught purposes, by day, week or month.
horse repository keeper: keeps stables to which horses may be brought for sale; arranges sale by private treaty or by auction, on commission; stables private owners' horses.
livery stable manager ; mews manager, posting yard manager: in charge of livery stables and responsible to cab proprietor or livery stable keeper q.v. for control of staff, safe custody of horses and for safe storage of fodder, litter, etc., used in stables; supervises grooms and stablemen (725) q.v.; ensures that horses are regularly fed and exercised, stalls properly bedded and cleaned; examines sick horses and either (simple ailments) gives medicine himself or calls in veterinary surgeon; lets stabling accommodation; sometimes arranges terms and collects payments for employer.
mews manager: see livery stable manager.
posting master ; stage car proprietor, stage carriage proprietor: lets out horses and vehicles for conveyance of passengers, and mails in districts where there is no railway communication.
posting yard manager: see livery stable manager.
stage car proprietor, stage carriage proprietor: see posting master.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.