£30,000 WORTH OF CARS
Conversions By Boy Aged 14 “The Press” Special Service PALMERSTON NORTH, June 22. a A 14-year-old boy, who likes driving a car better than anything else in life, has converted vehicles to the value of more than £30.000 since he first came under the notice of the Child Welfare Department. In the Palmerston North Children’s Court the bov admitted 10 charges of unlawful conversion and four of breaking, entering and theft. He apnea red before Mr D. G. Sinclair, S.M. The boy was returned to the care of the department, with the recommendation that he be kept under close supervision. Senior-Detective W. H. Cromwell said that in two escapades last month, when Be twice absconded from school, the boy converted vehicles to a value of £6OOO “He is continually escaping from the care of the department and committing offences,” Mr Cromwell said. The Magistrate: What do you like best in life? The boy: Driving a car. The Magistrate: You will soon x be old enough to hold a licence but you will have to remember that if you drive, it will have to be your own car.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28619, 23 June 1958, Page 8
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