TOUR ON STOLEN MOTOR CYCLE
SHIP’S FIREMAN'S ADVENTURE [P-xs United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, November 18. The story of a tour of New Zealand, a large part of which was done on a motor cycle, was told to Mr H. A. Young, S.M., to-day, but the machine was a stolen one, amd the rider was in the dock charged with the theft of it. Ho was Frank Watson M‘lvor, a ship’s fireman, aged 30, and, pleading guilty, he was sent to the Supreme Court for sentence. His peregrinations on the motor “bike” extended from Christchurch to the backblocks of Southland. M‘lvor got some of his petrol free from the Salvation Army. He got the machine in the first place from Gibbs Motor Company, Christchurch, and to the salesman he was a potential buyer, and so was allowed a trial run. •Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Evening Star, Issue 19410, 19 November 1926, Page 14
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151TOUR ON STOLEN MOTOR CYCLE Evening Star, Issue 19410, 19 November 1926, Page 14
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