CAR-STEALING IN PARIS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12181, 4 July 1925, Page 18

CAR-STEALING IN PARIS

CLEVER GANGS AT WORK Tho meter thief has become portionlarly active in Paris recently. It is estimated that, at the present turn . one car per day is htolen in too French capital. This state of affans is undoubtedly due, in part, to ma s production, for the maas-prodm ed car is easy to dispose of aiui difficult to tiaee. A certain little 7.5 tv.e-.^atci, which Is produced at the ra;e of hundreds a div. has received ptvtxii-’T attention lately Horn a clever gang of motor thieves in P vis. Once ?tu.cn. no attempt is mad? to dispose of the car as a complete vehi le. it is rushed a-wiv to iV'me obs urc workshop, where the ebe si-, is com; h-tclv stripped down and add ns “-rare p;rts” In this way the ihiwes g«-t a fair return on their Luty. v. host the fa. tor of'safety is naturady ‘nigh.

The impudeme of the Baris motor thief can lu, gauged by the l- diuv\ irg Fto.y. One of i hc-c iiuhyi'hmU ?

ccntlv mingled with a rn-*vd if i *re:s p+. r f io a Ivg motor fa trrv. A mimbe< of new ID b.n. cni* worn leaving the works. l b king out a particular car. the thi n interrogate i eevcral of the ether d: ivc:s. “'ls that vour err?* “NV." • Yours:-'' “Nod' “AH ri .lit, it must he mine. then. Ho jmt in and drove away. tbiK.e then neitVr the c?.r nor the “tester*' hav« been heard C micil has decided to give ■» eat to alt ’ 'roo”h v.ldea it lemetal* neaj-doriJu