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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1939, Page 11

“I am enclosing a sum of money, which I want you to give to the owner of the car whose tyres I punctured on Saturday night.” read a letter received in Hamilton recentl/ from a person who signed himself “Ashamed.” The letter provided an unexpected sequel to an incident in a Hamilton street on the previous Saturday night, when the owner of a motor-car which had been parked in the street discovered that each tyre had been punctured with about a dozen holes. “I had a row with my mate at a dance, and I was a bit drunk,” continued the writer, who enclosed a £1 note to be sent to the owner of the car. “So I looked for revenge and thought I would make him walk home. On seeing my mate today, however, I found I had damaged the wrong man’s car, thanks to beer and girls. For this I am sorry, and am giving my last £1 as something toward the damage. I would go personally if I knew who owned the car.”