MOTOR NUMBER PLATES.
THE NEW ISSUE. ■ ! . NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURE. The new motor-car number plates are now at the post offices of ,the district,, but they .will not be issued for some days-. The plates are similar in shape and size to the las,t issue, but the letters, “N.Z.” are omitted. The plates are black, with white figures. , A feature of this issue of number plates iis that they are B's per cent. New Zeala.nd manufacture, the other 15 per cent., representing the raw steel plates, -wriich were imported from Britain. The whole ok the specialised machinery used in manufacture was designed and built in New Zealand by New Zealand craftsmen. The secondary industries of New Zealand which contributed the 85 per cent, to the- manufacture included . Engineers, plant, equipment, and production ; iron- and brass founders, plant and equipment; sheet metal workers ; hydro-eletcric supply, heat and power ; gas’ manufacturers, heat point; varnish manufacturers, stove enamel; boxmakers, .packing cases; paper mills, wrappers,; printers, labels; nail manufacturers, nails. Surely it is worth while paying a few pence more for New Zealand-made registration plates.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4959, 7 April 1926, Page 1
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180MOTOR NUMBER PLATES. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4959, 7 April 1926, Page 1
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