CONVERSION OF CARS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 285, 30 October 1933, Page 4

CONVERSION OF CARS.

MAGISTRATE’S COMMENTS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 28. “So much of this is going on that urgent steps must be taken to stop it. The law provides for heavy punishment and it is up to the Courts to see that the law is . obeyed,” stated Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Children’s Court when four secondary school boys, aged 15 to 17, were jointly charged with converting two motor i cars to their own use. I One boy was discharged as lie had | been an unwilling party to the of- ! fence and another was placed under the supervision of the Child Welfare Officer for one year and the remaining two for two years. The Magistrate said that in the ease of two boys the control at their home was very slack and the parents were partly to blame. The boys used the cars for trips to the seaside often returning at 4 and 5 a.m., despite the fact that they were preparing for a matriculation examination.