Car smashes into bank
* I LN’.Z. Press A ssociation) HAMILTON, Oct. 6. | “ A converted car caused' ’'.more than $lOOO worth of! ; damage when it smashed; ? through the front doors of ;> the Tokoroa branch of the s A.N.Z. Bank on Saturday. -1 A 14-year-old youth, and a 3 16-year-old girl, have been r charged with offences relating to the incident, and will g appear in the Childrens and d Young Persons’ Court, j A Tokoroa police spokes-j “man said that the Vauxhall “ car was taken from Tokoroa; hiearlier in the evening. e A traffic officer saw the; J vehicle about 10 p.m., and! 3 gave chase. s The youth lost control of the vehicle turning a corner, n and knocked down a stop d sign, mounted the pavement, j and steps in front of the bank, and demolished two e sets of aluminium-framed , doors, and side glass. if’ The car came to rest with e its nose against a teller’s | box.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33967, 7 October 1975, Page 3
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