CAR STOLEN.
JOYRIDERS ATTEMPT TO BURN IT. A despicable theft was carried oufc by persons unknown on Saturday night, when a Buick car, the property of Mr H. Hancock, proprietor of- the Hororata Hotel, was stolen from outside the hotel. The car was found later afe Coalgate in a battered condition, the joyriders having evidently smashed into a telegraph pole. Not content with Hi IB a sack had been soaked in petrol and ignited and thrown in the car, of which a considerable portion was burnt. The car is now in the hands of the Coalgate constable.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 9
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97CAR STOLEN. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 9
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