“SHEER COLD ANGER.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3826, 2 August 1928, Page 1

“SHEER COLD ANGER.”

■ln sheer cold anger, a young linin' who works in a district near the Ashburton hills set his motor cfcle on fire recently because it would not go; and in a further display of anger he emptied two barrels of his shotgun into the blazing mass. The cycle was one of those which are now and again picked up for a mere song from persons who have very plausible excuses for disposing of them (says the Guardian). There is usually a trial run and the cycle goes beautifully, but the owner does not tell of all the “titivating” he had to do before he handed it to the prospective purchaser, nor of his deep anxiety lest the thing should break down even on its trial. But the cycle in question was no better (and perhaps worse) than others of its kind. It took a lot to start the engine, but very little to stop it, and a good half-hour was wasted each-time the new owner tried to start on a journey. One day recently he got to his destination on the cycle after the usual preliminaries, but on the way borne it broke down. He sat on the side of the road and “said a few words.” Then he took the petrol from the tank, poured it over the late lamented, and set fire to it. Not satisfied with that he had a parting shot by twice firing at the blazing ruins.