THREE CARS BURNED.
INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED.
PETROL FOUND ON VEHICLES
OTHER MOTORS UNHARMED.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—mESS ASSOCIATION.]
CHHISTCHURCH, Tuesday
Three cars in a garage owned by Mr. R. C. Dobson, Hereford Street, were burned to night. It is believed the cars were set on fire, as Ibr.y were heavily saturated with petrol. The three cars were in widely-separated positions in tho garage.
Petrol was also spilled over other cars which, however, were not burned. There was an empty petrol tin lying near, which had been opened with a chisel.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20303, 10 July 1929, Page 10
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