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

712.—Motor Garage Proprietors and Managers

motor cab proprietor, motor charabanc proprietor: an owner of motor cabs, motor coaches, etc., which he lets out on hire.
motor garage manager: is responsible to motor garage proprietor q.v. for control of motor garage and of staff employed thereat; supervises storage arrangements for private owners' cars, letting-out of cars on hire, and execution of repairs to vehicles; in charge of sales, i.e. petrol, spares, etc., personally keeps account books, collects monies, pays wages, etc., and renders accounts to proprietor.
motor garage proprietor: owns a motor garage, in which he carries on one or all of the following businesses :—(i) executing repairs to motor vehicles;; (ii) letting out cars on hire;; (iii) storage of cars for private owners.
motor hirer, motor jobmaster: owns motor vehicles (lorries, taxi-cabs, private cars, etc.) and lets them out on hire, with or without drivers, by day, week, month, etc., at agreed rates, to commercial or private users, or, (taxi-cabs) to taxi-cab drivers (720) q.v.

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.