A MOTOR MYSTERY
STRANGE STORY FROM DUNEDIN. (Per United Press Association.) DUNEDIN, June 23. There is something of a mystery attaching to the visit of a motorist to a painter in Glasgow street, South Dunedin, on Friday morning last. The motorist was in a hurry, and asked that his number plate be changed from T U 804 to D 3777. The former letters represent the Tuapeka County Council registration, and the latter the Dunedin City Council. While this was being done the motorist went away, and during his absence the painter looked in the car and found in a box a loaded revolver which bore the appearance of having been recently discharged, a shirt deeply stained with blood, and two or three blood-stained towels. The man returned, secured his freshly numbered car, and drove off. Subsequently the painter communicated with the police, who, however, have so far received no information that would point to a tragedy. The car was a three-seater four-cylinder Buick. Inquiry at Tuapeka revealed the fact that there is no such number as 804 on the motor register there, while the Dun edin number appropriated by the stranger is that of a well-known professional man.
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Southland Times, Issue 18857, 24 June 1920, Page 5
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198A MOTOR MYSTERY Southland Times, Issue 18857, 24 June 1920, Page 5
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