Museum notebook: A history of car registration plates in New Zealand
2 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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One of the early AA Road Service vehicles, an Austin Seven. Photograph / Tesla Studios, Whanganui Regional Museum Collection ref: 2014.59.25
One of the early AA Road Service vehicles, an Austin Seven. Photograph / Tesla Studios, Whanganui Regional Museum Collection ref: 2014.59.25
Whanganui Chronicle
Towards the end of the 19th century, roads in New Zealand began changing because of new and varied motor vehicles being imported.
Although they were private vehicles, they were still governed by the laws for traction engines, dictating they must be driven no faster than walking pace and with men walking in front and behind to warn of their approach.
PETALING JAYA: Registering to be vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme might be an easy affair for tech-savvy adults and teenagers, but it could be a challenge for senior citizens, after dismal numbers were reflected in recent reports.
To address the issue, several initiatives were rolled out by the government and NGOs, among them the Covid-19 vaccine registration platform Imunisel by the Selangor state government.
ImuniSel, which was launched in April, aims to register those who do not have a smart phone or Internet access.
In a tweet, Selangor Task Force for Covid-19 (STFC) committee member Dr Helmi Zakariah urged interested Malaysians to register as volunteers to help register the non-tech-savvy at imunisel.my
No ‘MorProm’ vaccination registration for Phuket
No ‘MorProm’ vaccination registration for Phuket
PHUKET: People in Phuket wanting to register to receive a state COVID vaccination must register through the ‘Phuket Must Win’ web portal. Any registrations through the national ‘MorProm’ channel will be cancelled by officials.
Monday 3 May 2021, 02:13PM
The announcement confirming that people in Phuket are to register through the www.ภูเก็ตต้องชนะ.com web portal to receive a state vaccination. Phuket registrations through MorProm will be cancelled. Image: PR Phuket
The move for Phuket to be excluded from the ’MorProm’national registration channel‒ via the MorProm app or via LINE‒ was confirmed by Phuket officials through an announcement posted on the Ministry of Interior Phuket office’s official COVID-19 information Facebook page, ‘Phuket Anti-COVID19’. late Saturday night (May 1).
Ether punches through $3,000 to set new record as it outshines bitcoin The digital token rises 3% on Bitstamp exchange to be up more than 300% for the year so far 03 May 2021 - 09:59 Tom Westbrook and Vidya Ranganathan Picture: 123RF
Singapore Cryptocurrency ether broke past $3,000 on Monday to set a new record high in a dazzling rally that has outshone the bigger bitcoin, as investors bet that ether will be of ever greater use in a decentralised future financial system.
Ether, the token transacted on the Ethereum blockchain, rose 3% on the Bitstamp exchange to $3,051.99 by lunchtime in Asia. It is up more than 300% for the year so far, easily outpacing a 95% rise in the more popular bitcoin.