A DESPICABLE PRACTICE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 3, 11 September 1942, Page 4

A DESPICABLE PRACTICE

IN a recent article we drew attention to the actions of several irresponsibles who deliberately disfigured gardens in the vicinity of Stewart Street, where flowers, shrubs and plants had been stripped. From Haigh Street come complaints of a similar nature —gardens ransacked, bulbs deliberately torn bodily from the ground and scattered about the roadway. These are the vandalous actions ol an individual whom all right-minded persons would like to see taught a painful andi lasting lesson. There is nothing more exasperating than to have a garden upon which has been lavished months of care and attention despoiled by a brainless doult incapable of appreciating anything better than his own empty and colourless outlook.

Non-Stripping and Mammitis In the course of his report to the annual meeting of Rangitaiki Dairy Suppliers on Wednesday Mr Alex Thompson, the veterinary officer to the company, stated with reference to the non-stripping of cows that be was of the opinion thiait this practice would tend toi reduce the incidence of mammitisi in some herds.

Home Guard Ration* Authority to issue rations for parades of six hours' duratioYi or over has been received by the Gisborne Battalion of the Home Guard. The issue of rations will commence immediately,, and for the present the issue will include bread, butter, jam, cheese, tea, sugar, milk and fruit. This will obviate the necessity of Home Guardsmen taking their lunches on full-day parades.