MOTOR LICENSING.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 12

MOTOR LICENSING.

"LATE NIGHT" THIS WEEK. -.... MANY TASKS FOR POST OFFICE. It it were only a question of taking ithe registration fees and issuing the new motor license plates by the end of May the Pest Omoe would not be troubled over the possibility of lastminute rushes and heavy work during lthe present week, when it; will oomiplete the collection of approximately £430,000 from the motor owners of the Dominion. This month is a particular busy one iin the Department because a. number let other large llneneial tasks have to the undertaken. rl‘here is the eolleoition ol‘ the quarterly unemployment, l‘lcvy, the distribution 01' declaration of income forms, and the colleetion of the tirst instalment. of unemployment tax in respect or income other than salary or \\'ages for the your ended March :51. This emergency income tux and the quarterly unemployment levy will probably total £-’i70,000. ’l‘he end—of—thc—month rush will be fur—- ' ther accentuated by the ask of distriibuting through the Post Uiiice £76,000 in superannuation payments. and £300,000 constituting the monthly inIstalments of pensions. The Normal Business. Meanwhile the nol‘mul business must be carried on with despatch. ;Savings bank deposits and withdrawals aggregating £3,500,000 to £11,500, 000 per month are heaviest at the be~ ginning and end of the period; postal notes issued and paid number 300,000 in a month; money order business roaches £280,000; about £220,000 will he collected during the month for the Mortgage Corporation, £30,000 for the Public Trust Utilize, £70,000 for other tiovernment Departments, us well as over £IOO,OOO in telephone texchange fees. and between £lt|o,ooo inntl £120.000 from the sale of postage istamps. the last activity being more ;t‘xteiisi\'e ut, the moment owing to the :Anzno Commemorative Stomp c-nn- ‘ iniign. } .\iotm' license registrations will lie 'iitrg‘er than in previous Hull‘s; there—‘t‘nre the registrar of motor vehirles, {in inevi- the t-unrtrnience ot‘ the pub“.-Mint-in}; this 1.151 week of re~linonsing itipportunii)‘. ,ItIS decided to km‘p open iiilr rtulit't‘nsing (tennis iii the larger lronires eut'ii night until H n‘vim'k. ' Britain's nationnl drink bill has not increased very greatly; yet “It' ruli—\‘it'iit'llis for drunkenness rose from No. 28?) in 1033 to 30.7Ai8 in 1031;, (it the latter total, 6521 were women.