MOTOR-CAR THEFTS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 109, 9 May 1923, Page 9

MOTOR-CAR THEFTS

Never a, week passes but one hears „of. one or more motor-cars being stolen in Sydney. So persistently and consistently have the car .thieves prosecuted, their calling'of late that motor-car; owners are forced to the conclusion that the "business" is being organised. Most.-of the care are recoveredl, hut the remainder,, and they are considerable in nurrtbeTs, remain on the "missing" list. It is'believed that the thieves are adopting the practice of the "specialists", in the Uhited States, who, after stealing, a .car, speedily take it to pieces, make a.thorough search for special identification marks and then re-assemble it with a liberal mixture of parts of the other stolencars of the same make. The police are fully; alive to the seriousness of the position, and are now experimenting with measures which will minimise the menace.. Two motor experts have been specially commissioned by the police and they are doing good work. • The police of all ranks are also keenly interested in the problem of checking the car thieves, but it is essential that they should have tha cooperation of the public.