NEW DEPARTURE

Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 2

NEW DEPARTURE

THE POST OFFICE. COPING WITH REGISTRATIONS. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, June 1. To cope with the final rush for re-registration of motor vehicles the Post Office this week adopted the expedient of the retail trade in having “a late night” on Friday at every Post Office where there had been more than 750 registrations of motor vehicles last year. This phase of the work, instead of stopping at 4 p.m., was continued until 9 o’clock, and all other offices conducting money order business extended the day by an hour. At all the big motor registration offices special information officers assisted the work by helping motorists to fill in the forms, thus reducing the time taken at the counter and materially expediting business. It is too early to give accurate figures regarding this year’s total of registrations throughout the Dominion, but taking Wellington as an indication a decided increase is likely to be shown over the number of cars registered on May 31, 1934, the latest Wellington total showing an addition of at least a thousand. The good effect of the advice published by the newspapers to register party has been demonstrated in Wellington, where the registration officers report that the work has gone on much more smoothly than in previous years.