“AN EXTRAORDINARY THING”

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1929, Page 9

“AN EXTRAORDINARY THING”

OFFICIAL LIST OF CAR OWNERS. DEPARTMENT SELLS RIGHTS. “What an extraordinary thing!” This was tho comment of Councillor C. I). Morpeth at the last meeting of the Wellington City Council when it was explained by the Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup) that there were difficulties in the way of the officers of the traffic department getting to learn who was the owner of a particular car through the registered number on the plate. The Mayor stated that the registration of cars was attended to by the Post and Telegraph Department, and that department had disposed of the rights in the list to a trading concern, and the council had to obtain a list from that body when it was ready. Then came the comment from Mr. C. D. Morpeth, who thought it an extraordinary thing for the department to withhold a list of car registration? from the body (the city council) which had to administer the by-laws. The matter came up in connection with the proposal that every car-owner’s names hould be shown on a card attached to the steering column. That would at least enable them to ascertain the owner right away, and get him to remove the car if same be parked illegally.