Girl Who Took Baby For Stroll In Pram

Chronicle (Levin), 3 November 1948, Page 5

Girl Who Took Baby For Stroll In Pram

Received Tuesdav, S.20 p.m. MELBOURNK, Nov. 2. A girl aged 18 vears who left a 1'rii'iid ' n'.ne-month-old baby bov in a -ity mne last night, was surjiriscd that lie was gme when she returned at 4 a.ni.' She later tohi the poliee that early Ve-ienlay a housewife residing ai Werribee, 25 liiiles froni Melbourne, a-ki'il to take the baby for a stroll in a pram. She aeeepted a lift from u trnek driver who put the pram in the baek i>ii t lie giri and baby on the l'roin j-eat, and took them to Melbourne. In tlie i-ity she \isited her fatlier in hospital, took the baby to a theatre, waslu'd h;:n in a public eon venience, b.iu^at him sonie food and went for a walk tiirongh tlie eitv. In the evening s!i.' iin't ti girl friend. I.eaving the baby in i!:e pnuu in a eitv lane, the girls went off 1u the sulnirb of St. Kilda. TI..- girl returned about 4 a.m. and ' 1'i.nnd ihiit tlie baby was gone. Shlliea rang poliee lietidquarters from a j.nbiii- In ii .1 h to see if it had been found. The jiniii-e switdiboard operator kept hei in mu versat ion until a radio police ear reaeln-d the booth and brought the learfnl girl to Ihe slation. She dis ' o\ '•] i-d tlitit the baby had been found by a patrol etir — wet with rain but sull'ering no ill elfeets, aud that the jniln-e inid been searcliing for her for four hours.