Vandals hit car yards
Slashed tyres, shattered I windows, and dented cars I faced salesmen in three; [Christchurch car-yards I (yesterday morning after van-, jdalism on Sunday nigh!. | According to one sales-, (man. the Colombo Street i isalesyard of C. L. Rhodes.. [Ltd, looked as if a miniature[ demolition derby had been, | held in it. Vehicle headlights! | had been smashed and body-i [work dented. Damage amounting to) about $4OO was caused to a; brand-new $45,000 truck at Farmers Motors' yard in i Fitzgerald Avenue. Blocks ofi concrete and stones were! thrown at the truck, dam-1 aging windows, mirrors, the; dashboard and. the body-; work, said a saesman (Mr [ D. Vuillermin), “It was outright malicious damage; there was no good reason for it,” Mr Vuillermin said. Six tyres were slashed, one on each of six vehicles at the Worcester Street salesyard of Crester Car Sales, Ltd. Private cars) parked near the yard also [ had their tyres slashed. A' [dealer said it was not yeti known if the tyres could be [ repaired or if they would [ have to be replaced. I
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