RECORDS MADE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21933, 6 November 1936, Page 15

RECORDS MADE

MOTOR REGISTRATIONS

Records have been made this year in registrations of motor vehicles and chfthges Of ownership recorded by the motor registrations branch of the post office, and at the end of September there were 210,178 vehicles licensed for pse in the Dominion, an increase compared With 12 months ago of 24,659. representing a percentage rise of 12.87. the registrations (which represent new vehicles) for seven of the nihb months of this year were ih each case the Highest for these paricujar mohths sihee the meeotioh of the Motor Vehicles Act 12 vears ago; the only two months not making fresh records being JUtiUarv and April. Total registrations for the nine months were 24.434. compared with 17.382 for the corresponding pdriod Of 1935.. The relative gdvahte ih numbers of various classes of motor vehicles this year is shown as folloWs: —■

Per cent Cars ■ ■ ■ . . 5381 45.74 Commercial vehicles 14(30 36.77 Motor-cycles 182 11.58

The remarkable advance in the number of new vehicles caused a general trading activity. Which reflected itself in record figures of change of ownershin notifications. September, with 10.403 transfers, beat,..any nrevious September record bv 2794. and the total changes of ownership of motor vehicles notified this vear to the end of Seotember (92.735) exceeded for the first nine months of 1935 by 23,926. or 34.76 per cent.