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Press, 4 June 1982, Page 22

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KEYS OF THE KINGDOM

To lose one parent may be regarded as misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness, wrote Oscar Wilde in “The Importance of Being Earnest.” A' parent is. still usually a prized possession; so, today, is a car, and to lose it twice in three days certainly looks like carelessness. But that happened recently to a Christchurch lawyer. It was very embarrassing for him to report the second loss, because when he gave the registration number and other details, the police officer’s brow furrowed in concern. He was, he said, certain that' that car had been found and returned to its owner. Ithad two days earlier. It was equally as embarrassing at home, when his younger son took his key ring and found that of the seven keys on it, six started the car. They were the ignition key, the boot key, his office key,

the one he had for his car park, his front door key and one for the ranch slider at his house. The only key on the ring which would not start the car was one for the Supreme Court library. He has since congratulated those responsible for providing a key which does not start his car. Having had his car taken twice in three days, he was not short on advice. He was told that when he parked his car, he should remove the rotor arm. He had a crash course in that exercise. Soon afterwards, he had occasion to take his wife to town. When he deposited the car, he removed the rotor arm with the air of one accustomed to the wicked ways of the world. When they returned he could not get the rotor arm back. His wife was sent home by taxi. He had to wait for the A.A.