MYSTERY OF A MOTOR CAR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3511, 24 June 1920, Page 5

MYSTERY OF A MOTOR CAR.

WHY WAS THE NUMBER CHANGED? DUNEDIN, June 23. There is something of a mystery attaching to- the visit of a motorist to a painter in Glasgow Street, South Dunedin, on Friday morning. The motorist was in • a hurry, and asked that his number plate be changed from T.U. 804 to D. 3777. The former letters represent the Tuapeka County Council registration, and the latter Dunedin County Council. While this was being done the motorist went away, and during hi s absence the painter looked in the car and found in a box a loaed revolver, which bore the appearance of having recently been discharged, a shirt deeply stained with blood, and two or three blood-stained towels. The man returned, secured his freshly-number-ed car, and drove off. Subsequently the painter communicated with the police, who, however, have so far re ceived no information that would point to a tragedy. The car was a three-seater four cylinder Buick. Inquiry at Tuopeka revealed the fact that there was no such number as 804 on the motor register there, whi e the Dunedin number appropriated by the stranger is that of :>. well-known professional man.