MOTOR-CAR THIEVES
Thefts or motor-cars are not unknown in the Dominion, but the position is very much graver in the United States and Britain, where new ideas are constantly being brought forward in an endeavour to foil the class who indulge in such a practice. It is reported that a new device, the invention of a. young Englishman, lias been brought under the notice of Scotland Yard officials, which, it is considered, should prove successful in stopping such thefts. The device, which has been tried on a number of vehicles, is an electric alarm connected with the steering-wheel, bonnet, door, spare wheel and other parts of a car so that anyone interfering with the vehicle immediately sets the alarm in operation. The invention is the more noteworthy in that it operates on an unusual principle. Instead of giving the alarm by making an electric contact, this is broken, with the result that i should anyone attempt to cut a wire aj loird hooting takes place. An important feature of the invention is that it may be obtained at a low figure.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 21 February 1931, Page 12
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