THIEVES MAKE RAID ON TRUCKS AND JEEPS
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WKLLLS'OTON, Juiit* 21. So\ cr;d liumti-l {int'iitls wortli of antoinoliili' a ( ari1 rpp'ortcd .sloleu froiii Sc a . . t*\\ l'ark, Potoap, duriag tlte ]>ast -'i:. 0 wct'ks. .Mr. If. L. ( aitci, iiiMiiagi'r oi' (ii'iu'ral Itejmir Scr\ 1 .t 1 . . Aia-klanit, said toaiglit that the tht*ft> iavoivi-'l \\ ln'cls, tyres, tuln*s, in«:uil>^his. gom'rators, staiters aml rarimn'ltors. "Twt'lvo iiaiidjt'it lu'a\y duty trucks and f)4ii \\iii !i wi-ic recotitly pur-i-liased t'roin tln" War Asscts Uoalisution Board an* parkod uitliiu the harlied wire -"!i!iues of liie park," said Alr. ('arter. "A idiisci \ at ive estiniate of the \alue of the paris stolen last night alone wouJd ),e " He said it npiieari'd the thefts had Ihh'H earefully oi-ganised as the heavy barhed wire enej.isure lta.l beea ent tlii'ough like eiieese oa several oeeafdons. Oue nigiit he had e\ ea seea the thieves at work but !>y the liaie he reaidied tln* spot the.v had disappeared. The t.ower Ilutt poliee, to wlioai Mr. OarterV eoniplainl was referi'ed, said tonight that the only report of theft frotn niotor veliieies inade to theai was one yesterday eoin-eniing ihe alleged theft of 0\ wlieels with tyres and lubes and anothei theft of a part of an engiae. lm estigat iuus wero Ueing carried ont. j
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1946, Page 3
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