MOTOR REGISTRATIONS
TOTALS FOR NEW ZEALAND. 116,000 PRIVATE CARS. According to figures supplied by the Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department (Mr. G. McNamata) the number of motor-vehicle licenses issued up to July 31 of this year totalled 164,534. These figures, it should be mentioned, are those up to the end of June plus the registration plates issued in July, which may not be all new registrations; still, the figures are a fairly accurate record of the total number o registrations for the whole of the Dominion. . On the same basis the following details have been compiled as to vehicular classification:--Private cars ••• 110 Rental and hire cars Light trucks (under 2 tons) .... • Heavy trucks (over 2 tons) .... 13>wi Passenger trucks Omnibuses Jr. Taxi-cabs Service cars •• • Trailers Dealers’ cars ” Local body road vehicles 1,140 Government vehicles Dealers’ cycles Motor-cycles - 1a,761 164,534
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1934, Page 12
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141MOTOR REGISTRATIONS Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1934, Page 12
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