BURST INTO FLAMES.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20145, 17 March 1937, Page 9

BURST INTO FLAMES.

__..—.v——_ VALUAILI BTOLIN OAR. SENSATIONAL CHASE. AN INTOXICATED QUARTE'I‘TE. (From a Correspondent.) ADELAIDE, March 4. ‘ An extraordinary dash for liberty in two men and two women in a stolen Rolls Royce car. which is valued at £2500. ended in a sensation man—ner in the early hours of this morn—ing when the car burst into flames utter a tyre had burst. l Five cars are said to have been taken by the men concerned before their‘ Joyriding came to a hasty conclusion.‘ The police allege that two young men accompanied by two young women, need {our dln'erent cars in which theyi drove through the city before finally taking the Rolls Royce. Pursued by police. the car tore at a terrific speed‘ through the suburbs. leaving that police car {at behind. Later. however. i the our was reported to be in another‘ suburb. . Two police cars and 10 motor; cycle outfits took up the trail but the‘ car got away for the second time in the city. As they crossed the railway line. however. a tyre Jblew out and it was torn off the rim. which be—came so overheated that it set iire to the car. The men had time to get ‘way before the police arrived. The rlty fire brigade was called to extinguish the flames. in the City court Eric Seeley, motor driver of St. Leonards. and Sydney ,\rthur Dixon. labourer, pleaded guilty Ln 5. charge of having illegally used :1 var, They were l'l‘lllfllltlt‘kt for sclr tonne. The prosecution stated that ilixon was out on bail in ronnm‘tinn \\itil another matter and alleged llmt the int) men and women lieu hm,” uniler tho inlluenre of liquor when [ln-y iui‘t Slenelg. '