MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXVI, Issue 19, 14 May 1941, Page 375

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

Deceased. No. 2207. Sergeant Johnsen, Frank William. 7th May, 1941.

Transferred under Regulation 5 from Detective Branch to Uniform Branch. No. 2960. Detective Marsh, John Paget. No. 2710. Detective Hamilton, Robert James. Memorandum.]

Motor Registration : Re-licensing of Vehicles for Licensing Year ending 30th June, 1942. The following copy of a. memorandum received from the Registrar of Motor-vehicles is published for general information. It is desired that proceedings be taken against persons observed to be using motor-vehicles on and after Ist June next with the old number-plates (white numerals and border-line on Venetian red ground) attached, but in cases where a motorist, having purchased new registrationplates, has a valid reason for not having them affixed on the Ist June to the motor-vehicle to which they belong, discretion should be exercised as to whether a prosecution should necessarily follow, as each case should be judged on its merits.

When it is desired to ascertain from the Motor Registration Office the name and address of the owner of a vehicle bearing the old number-plates, application should be made by memorandum from the Officer in Charge of the District to the Registrar of Motor-vehicles, Wellington. D. J. Cummings, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, Bth May, 1941. (P. 41/465.)

Office of Registrar of Motor-vehicles, Wellington C. 1, 7th May, 1941. M.R. 15. Memorandum for The Commissioner of Police, Wellington. Motor Registration : Re-licensing of Motor-vehicles for the Year 1941-42.

The re-licensing of motor-vehicles for the ensuing year commenced at all Deputy Registrars’ Offices on the Ist instant. All motor-vehicles in use on public highways on and after the Ist June next should have the new year’s plates (white numerals and border line on a black ground, the symbol being a diamond), affixed thereto, as an indication that they have been both licensed and insured for the 1941-42 licensing year. Section 40 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1940 (No. 18), prescribes that the ensuing licensing year will extend to and terminate on the 30th June, 1942, and that thereafter the licensing year will commence on the Ist July. No changes have been made insofar as the issuance of plates for the year 1941-42 is concerned. The assistance received from your Department in the past in co-operating with my officers with a view to ensuring that owners of motor-vehicles comply with the re-licensing and insurance requirements, is very much appreciated. ' I should be glad if you would again circularize the various policestations asking them to take action against motorists using their motor-vehicles on public highways on and after the Ist June next with the obsolete (white on Venetian red) plates attached thereto.

J. G. Young, Registrar of Motor-vehicles,