NEW NUMBER PLATES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 331, 17 April 1928, Page 7

NEW NUMBER PLATES

PICKING DRIVERS’ HOME TOWN Motorists who are curious to know what locality cars and motor-cycles i met on the road hail from can get a clue to this by comparing tht figures on the number plates with those in the tables below. In these tables the allocation of the new season’s numbers to the 18 postal districts in the Dominion is given, and thus in a general way the region from which a car comes is indicated by its number. In addition to the numbers given 'below there are separate series for dealers’ cars, dealers’ cycles, lorries, trailers and tax-exempt road-making vehicles (“E” plates). For th e latter it is interesting to note that the numbers allotted total 1,100. The allotment of numbers is expected to suffice for 10 months. As this year’s plates will be worn for 14 months, additional numbers will probably be required in the latter part of the period, and these will be allotted its required, so that numbers higher than those given below may be seen on the road later in the year.

For the time being the position is that any car with a number not above 94—600 hails from the North Island, and any car with a number above that

comes from the South Island. In the old days, With 157 registration districts, it was, of course, possible to pick the home town of any motorvehicle encountered on the road, but now it is only possible to tell from which one of the 10 postal districts in the North Island, and eight in the South Island, it hails. The numbers allocated to the various postal districts are as under: Car Numbers

Auckland 1 to 24—800 Thames 24—SOI to 2S—800 Hamilton 2S—SOI to 39—600 Gisborne 30—601 to 43—400 Napier 43—401. to 52—S00 New Plymouth 52—801 to 61—600 61—601 to 68—200 Palmerston North 68—201 to 77 —700 Wellington 77—701 to 94—600 Blenheim 04—601 96—500 Nelson 96—501 to 09—300 Westport 99—301 to 99—900 Greymouth 09—901 to 101—500 < Christchurch 101—501 to 122—400 Timaru 122—401 to 12S—300 Oamaru 128 —301 to 130—700 Dunedin 130—701 to 141—900 Invercargill 141 —901 to 150-000 Motor-Cycle N u mbers Auckland 1 to 4—200 Thames 4—20 L to 4—900 Hamilton 4—901 to 6—600 Gisborne 6—601 to 7—000 Napier 7—001 to S—700 New Plymouth S—70 L :o 11—ooo Wanganui 11—001 to 12—600 Palmerston North . . 12—601 to 14— 400 Wellington 14 —401 to 17—700 Blenheim 17—701 to ] 8—200 Nelson 18—201 to 19—000 Westport 19—001 to 19—100 Greymouth 19—101 19—500 Christchurch 10—501 to 25—300 Timaru 25—301 to 26—700 Oamaru 26—701 to 27—100 Dunedin 27—101 to 29—400 Invercargill 29—401 to 31—000