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IGNITION SYSTEM ' DISCOVERY ON TRUCK 'ESCAPE OF DRIVER , (Pt-r Press Association.) * ; NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. A sparking plus connected with the ignition system and dangling into a benzine tank under the sent was it contrivance, discovered by Mr. Alfred Dick, an employee of Boon Bros., when ho was about to start a truck belonging to his firm. 3. "■■ The plug was connected with a concealed ''copper' wire and earthed back to the engine.- . Police investigations have, so far, failed;to; reveal the- perpetrator oi the' motive, Mr. Dick was fortunate to notice the seat had been displaces
before he' attempted to start the engine. ' '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 14
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