A BORROWED CAR.
ILLEGAL JOY RIDING. Hie practice of "borrowing” motorcars without the knowledge of the owners is indulged in by a. few adevnturous people. They appropriate tins vehicles, drive away, and leave tho owners lamenting until their machines are discovered at any near or remote spot it may please the borrowers to leave them. People who indulge in this sort of “ joke ” run a risk of being arrested for theft, and they would not appreciate the subsequent appearance ip the Police Court, , t The latest victim of this species of annoyance is Mr W. 1. Carney. Christ* Church manager of Armour’s. Limited' His car, a fivo-seator six-cylinder Studcbakcr, was removed at six o’clock lash evening from the street in front of tins Canterbury Club. Tho affair was reported to the police, and the car was recovered this morning on tho Linoolrt Road. It is valued at about £BOO, and the owner naturally felt somewhat aggrieved that it had been temporarily appropriated by a conscienceless joy nder.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12636, 22 May 1919, Page 5
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167A BORROWED CAR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12636, 22 May 1919, Page 5
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