MOTORISTS “STUNG” BADLY
PR ICES FOR. NUMBER -PLATES
PROTEST MADE BY UNION. fßy Telegraph—Press .association.) AUCKLAND, Aug IS. Figures showing the large profits made by the Government in the issue of motor-vehicle number-plates were quoted at the conference of the North Island Motor Union. One delegate said motorists were being “badly stung.” Mr. Batt (Wellington) said that ‘-for eight years to 1933 the total cost of plates had been £88,613, and they had been sold to motorists for £197,097 The Government’s profits averaged £12,000 yearly. In addition the Highways Department had to pay Is 6d per set, representing another £II,OOO per year, and transfer fees averaged £6OOO. The whole thing appeared to he a “beanfeast’’ for the Post Office.
Mr. iG. W. Hutchison (Auckland) said the Government should hand the plates to motorists at cost price. The plates were really a means of collecting the annual license fees. Tlie union resolved unanimously to protest and to request that the charge be reduced to the cost price.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 18 August 1933, Page 9
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