GONE IN A CAR

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 103, 1 May 1926, Page 9

GONE IN A CAR

AUCKLAND COUPLE ASTRAY

arrested in Wellington:

(Bs--Tsle K r.aph.. r iPi'esj. Asuociation.) AUCKLAND, 30th April,

Mystery surrounds the disappearance Of a youth and a girly aged 19 and 17 years, respectively, who are known, to have'ieft the city in a hired five-seater car early last Friday night, but have not ibeen se.en since... ; Grave; anxiety is felt b-yjfttifl^.parents,:,-•; The young man was employed as a clerk in. an Auckland office,, axis'.on B&day\ Mred a car for the weefc-endr Sliortly'after 7 p.m. on Friday'■ hV tailed -at hiß • lodgings in Owen V road," Mpunt Eden, and then; drojrft to :Po.nsonby,.road,,where the girl w^Xw?pi('ysA-fts--a-(J9m^^^c" c a^ told'Eor' e.mgioy.e:fs "slie intended'to do sotriei shoppfng'ih-towhjbutwas not seen again.-•;,.-,; She had' boon, keeping- company with the young man for some time. It isnstated;.that tlie: young man took a .a2^oalrbre rifleavvay^rith him.

l+fho;.young. couple : whose .disappear--niica^frbmi .Auckland .is- Reported .in the abqve"message. , werb.. arrested in. Wellington ,j.. ".. 'yesterday . afternoon by, De.tectivW'?/Siiclaii\ ■ ."and •' Constable Haytairst."- ■" Xliis. ..momirij, they ap-. pgisiea^ before. -Mr. VIJ,. G.. L.' Hewitt, S^M, r ,±lie'..young.man, 'tiged 19,, on a charge.pf,Vtcaling a ".motor-far, Valued at!''.issSo,'. ifi-pni'."th.p-, Williams Rental Car^KiM<l.^.Ai>cr. r tlie; girl;, who is. only it, oil,aff.iifl.rge'of being an idle and disorxTeriy^peV^on, .with; insufficient' means', off support*. 'On, -,.'&&':'. application of Chief;,l>etectiv£ r \Var.d,-. they, were re-. inanded.tajapp.ear at Auckland on Monday.' V .l 'ask. .for' the;. suppression of the names of these,young.people," said ]&t r -WZ$•- Heicesli'er,.who 'appeared for thlfac.eusei,. .' 'Iri epirable harm 7 fOV-}A be ;dpne,;if r the(r nanieV. were, published inVa,U. ififi newspapers;.of New Zealand.; Tlieyhaxe iilreaayibeeri'thp" victims of Bensati4iialivn';by tbe.' Auckland Press, wtiicVliasrcnpsen. tpmakp'a mystery of the?B^tfer'ii' .a 'je.iigfhy.Pvess Associa-tion.-iiessage,.'.. oriel I, tlie yniing,.-nian.,has,.a7 gop.d'.defenee to- offer to 'the charge, against, h'lm;"- The appli : icatian.;was. granted. '..- '" " ' ..