TO CHASE CAR THIEVES
FAST MACHINES FOR POLICE DISCUSSION BY MOTORISTS (From Our Resident Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Monday, 'T’RAFPIC police with fast machines - 1 - is the only solution which Mr R. E. Chamtaloup, of the Auckland Motor Union, sees for motor-car thefts. He declares that restricted expenditure hampers the efficiency of the police because they are not allowed to use police machines in chasing stolen motors. A traffic inspector had not the same authority as the police, but the police could not cope with the question without motor-cycles. Members of the Wellington Automobile Union, where the subject wa* discussed, advocated legislation imposing imprisonment for the wrongful conversion of cars.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 64, 7 June 1927, Page 8
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108TO CHASE CAR THIEVES Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 64, 7 June 1927, Page 8
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