CONVERSION OF CAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21430, 3 September 1931, Page 10

CONVERSION OF CAR

YOUNG MAN SENT TO PRISON (Peb United Pbess Association.) WELLINGTON, September 2. A total of six months’ imprisonment was imposed on William Herbert Webster, aged 22, a labourer, by Mr E. Page, 8.M., for the conversion of a motor ear to his own use at Hamilton and for the theft of £4. It was stated that he had three previous convictions for theft, and another conviction for obtaining credit by fraud. Harold Leonard Dick, Eric George Pocock, aged 20 and 24 respectively, were convicted yesterday with Webster on a charge of converting a car to their own use, and were further remanded to enable the probation officer to get re- 1 ports from Auckland. Pocock was similarly remanded on a further charge of receiving fl 10s in money from Webster, knowing it to have been dishonestly obtained. .

For the first time the new British Embassy in Washington has been used for a large reception, the guests of honour being the visiting members of the Law, Society of Great Britain and the dominions. Americans agree that the Embassy is the finest, most dignified and most comfortable building of its kind in Washington.

A London tradesman has just passed a good resolution. He is never again going to put his money in the dustbin. He was going out for the evening, and having £BO from the shop could not think where to put it for safety. So lie crammed it into two tobacco tins and slipped them into the last place a burglar would think of looking in, the dustbin. He had often done it before and was rather proud of his idea. But this time it was not till a quarter of an hour after the man had calmly watched the dustman emptying his bin and driving off with the contents that he realised that he had forgotten to take out the £BO. He had one of the worst hours he can remember as he rushed to the Town Hall and waited while a message was telephoned to the borough dust shoot. There a search was made, and at last the tobacco tins'were found and the £BO was on its way back to the owner.