Public Hangings
Sir,—l have frequently thought (and 1 am sure I am not alone in this) that our week-end entertainment is a little dull here. Overseas all kinds of entertainment is being tried to keep the bored citizens happy. In Malawi, for example, public hangings are all the rage for Saturday night out. During the Parliamentary sitting in which the Public Hanging Bill was passed, Dr. Banda was pressed hard by back-benchers to allow torture also, but this was vetoed. It just goes to show that Dr. Banda is really very humane. He said he “just wanted to make sure the relative? saw them swing.” Our Commonwealth brethren in Africa are really most efficient.—Yours, etc., D: VICARS. February 5, 1966.
The North Canterbury centre of the Red Cross Society yesterday made a special grant of £2OO towards hurricane relief in the Pacific. Contributions by subcentres are also expected. The society will receive public contributions. v .
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30979, 8 February 1966, Page 16
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155Public Hangings Press, Volume CV, Issue 30979, 8 February 1966, Page 16
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