TAXI-CAB WRECKED

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1931, Page 7

TAXI-CAB WRECKED

STOLEN AND PUSHED OVER CUFF,

AUCKLAND, April 7

After crashing down a 100 ft cliff at Ornkei, a taxi-cab finished its career with its wheel* in the aij- and with its body almost flattened to the ground. The vehicle was damaged beyond repair,

The smash occurred at 3 a.in,, according to an eye-witness, who rushed round to the bottom of th e . cliff to render assistance. He judged, however, that the ear had not been occupied during its career down the el iff. He .had seen the vehicle' go over. The car, he said, had stopped on th(* road on the edge of the cliff, and shortly afterwards another oar had arrived, and had turned into ft nearby street, where it had waited. The eye-witnesfi said that the car which lie subsequently saw at the bottom of the cliff, had been turned round facing the cliff, and that its lights were burning before it went over, Immediately after the crash the second car drove away. Tlie owner of the wrecked car, Air ,T. T. Mftntell, reported this morning that the vehicle had been taken last evening. When a search was made of the wreckage ft woman’s purse was found containing a receipt and an address.