TRAP FOR THIEVES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 85, 20 October 1928, Page 27

TRAP FOR THIEVES

IGNITION ALARM LOCK "Various devices have appeared from time to.tiuio having for their end the prevention of car thefts by joy riders, a crime which tho law describes merely as •''unlawful conversion," but which .generally ends in the vehicle being abandoned in some out-of-the-way spot in a much damaged condition, not infrequently over a bank and quit© often destroyed by fire. Few of the devjeos, however, are of any real'use i where the thief- possessos some mechanical knowledge, but a young motor engineer of Wellington, Mr. Melville Wilkins, has devised what may simply be described as an ignition alarm lock, and which ; is quite effective. ' Ijt is neat and .compact) and can bo fixed iv less. than.half an hour. The car owner need then worry no longer. Ho need not lock his doors, and he may leave his ignition key in., The joy rider or thief may got in the ear, and turn on the ignition, but on the instant will set the horn going with an alarm which will-'.rouse the district- -. If the horn is disconnected or interfered with, this automatically short-circuits tho wiring, and even if the lighting wire is attached, the most that will happen is that tho engine- will' turn over, but without any kick. It is an entirely Now Zealand production, made in ChrJstchuiehj and agencies are being arranged in all parts-of the Dominion. Its cost is about one-third of the car insurance-for tho year. The head office of Aiitoloek and Motor Aecesories, Ltd., Is tit 81, Hunter street, Wellington.— (Published by arrangement.)