The police are of the opinion that certain people in* Christchurch are, doing business with motor-cycle engines which do not belong to them (states the Sun). Two motor-cycles have been stolen and the discarded machines have both been found complete with the exception of their en-: gines. On the evening of January 27 a motor-cycle and side-car was taken from outside a house in Wordsworth Street. The theft was reported to the police and investigations were made. On Tuesday the chassis and side-car of the machine were found on a back road in Marshlands, and a mile further along the road the frame was discovered. The engine was the only part of the machine that was missing. This is the second time a machine was taken and relieved of its engine. At about Christmas time a motor-cycle which had been taken without the authority of the owner was found with onlv the engine missing. ‘ DON’T RISK PNEUMONIA. * It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sap your vitality when Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will relieve you. You don’t know where a persistent cough will land you. You can’t afford to allow your throat and lungs to become diseased when it is such a simple thing to step into a chemist’s shop and get a bottle of Chamberlain’s
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 February 1926, Page 5
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