AN ABANDONED CAR

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2909, 14 July 1925, Page 3

AN ABANDONED CAR

FOUND IN GOVERNMENT DRAIN. JOY RIDE INTERRUPTED BY FLOOD. On Saturday night, a week ago, an Otourou settler, returning home on liorse-back, through the flood at Whirokino, was hailed by a man perched on a practically submerged ear in the Government Drain. It appeared thltt the mfitdrist, a stranger in these parts, had attempted to negotiate'the flooded Foxton-Levin road with the result that he had landed in the drain. The settler assisted him to dry land on the Levin side of the river and since then nothing has been heard or seen of the driver of the car. On .the Sunday the only portion of the car visible was the flood, and it so remained submerged until last Saturday, when it was brought into town. The car, a late model Ford, had no number plates attached and no trace as to ownership was discovered until an envelope bearing the address of a New Plymouth resident was found under the seat. On enquiry being prosecuted in that direction it was discovered that the ear had been taken away without authority, and no doubt more will be heard of the incident. This information, however, clears up a somewhat sensational rumour that was circulated round town on Saturday evening to the effect that three men had been drowned in Government Drain, being the occupants of the above-mentioned car.