Tram car Illegally Taken In Christchurch
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 26. The first instance in history of a tramcar being converted in Christchurch occurred last Saturday night. After the last trams had left Cathedral Square for various suburbs, one that is . kept overnight in an open shed in the corner of the Square ready to fill an emergency was driven out and down High Street and Ferry Road on the way to Sumner At midnight, when all the trams due have returned to the sheds the electricity is cut off for testing of the overhead wires, and the cut-off brought the tram to a standstill near Barbadoes St.
There it stood till a constable notified the Tramway Board that it was a danger to traffic. No one saw the driver.
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Dominion, Volume 39, Issue 28, 27 October 1945, Page 6
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