SILK AND MOTOR CARS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 5

SILK AND MOTOR CARS.

MANY THEFTS IN SYDNEY. YOUNG JOT RIDERS CAUGHT. POLICE MAKE A HAUL. <By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.! (Received 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Following upon a large number of motor car and silk shop robberies, the police in two raids recovered fifteen cara, arrested five youths, and brought to light £1000 worth of silk goods, the proceeds of recent robberies. i Most of the car robberies are attributed to youthfuL joy riders, who generally abandon the cars undamaged.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) MOTOR CAR INSURANCE. COMPANIES AND DAMAGE. I (Received 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, thi3 day. As a result of the alarming frequency of claims and the resultant heavy payment for damaged motor cars, leading insurance companies have decided in i future not to pay damage claims. Instead the cars will be rebuilt or the damaged parts replaced.— (A. and X.Z.) ;