HIT AND RUN MOTORIST

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 42, 21 January 1944, Page 4

HIT AND RUN MOTORIST

AN individual which we thought we had almost eliminated is apparently still abroad. As a direct result of what is almost conclusively the action of a 'hit and run' motorist a young man now lies critically injured in the Whakatane Hospital. No driver having felt such impact could possibly have been ignorant of the fact that he had struck some object and to drive on without stopping to enquire or assist is classed as most callous and inexcusable behaviour and breach of road etiquette.

Food 1 Wasted Thrown at Wife Warning that rationed food must not be used as missiles in domestic squabbles, was. given by a Food Ministry solicitor in a Police Court in England,, when a man was charged, with throwing .such things as butter, bacon, margarine, checso and bread at his wife. He was fined £5 for having wasted food.

Clothing for the Boy Equipping boys for the new school year presents parents these days with many difficulties owing to a general .shortage of clothing stocks. "The position undoubtedly is very .serious,"' commented a Hastings mercer, who said that new stocks were coming forward only in ''dribble" lots and were quite inadequate , for the present seasonal demand.