MINOR SABOTAGE.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP TRUCK Electric Telegraph—Press Association new PLYMOUTH, Last Night. A sparking plug connected with the ignition system and dangling into the benzine tank under the seat, was the contrivance discovered by Alfred Dick, an employee of Boon Brothers, when he was about to start a truck belonging to his firm. The plug was connected with a concealed copper wire and eathed back to the engine. The police are making investigations but so far have failed to reveal the perpetrator or a motive. Dick was fortunate to have noticed that the seat had been displaced befre he attempted to start the engine.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13371, 26 September 1936, Page 5
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106MINOR SABOTAGE. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13371, 26 September 1936, Page 5
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