Secret Method Used
The high light of a >cas*e. in tiij' Magistrate's Court at Grcymouth recently was a statement by tlie police that a cycle, believed to have been' stolen, and on which the number had been liloci oil', was sent to the Arms Jkireau. WeMington, state.s a local*correspondent. The number was restored by chemical means and proved to be Hint ol' tlie :-toleu' cycle. Evidence to this ell'eei was given l).v Senior-Sergeant (i. G. Kelly, of Wellington. Questioned Jn* Mr W. I). Taylor for the accused regarding the melhod of restoring numbers, Mr Kelly said it was a police secret, except in the United States. He explained, that when numbers were .stamped on metal the shock upset the regularity of the molecules in the metal. and the bruises extended beyond the visibility of the person effacing the numbers. The bruises were worked on by a special process, and the numbers could be restored for a brief period before they again faded. The 1111111- ! bers on the cycle sent from Greymouth were seen quite clearly.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 50, 18 February 1944, Page 8
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175Secret Method Used Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 50, 18 February 1944, Page 8
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