CHRISTCHURCH CARNIVAL.
DECREASE IN CRIMINALITY
CHRISTCHURCH, Nov 13. The Christchurch police usua > prepare for a busy time "hen the Ca nival Week falls due, hut tins } proved to be the “quietest’’ ho 1 ;;’ from a. police point of iiev„ e/ enced for many years. The ° a . drunkenness were very sma , (erhm the circumstances, and pick-p ckets” and other rogues practical!? ceased from troubling. The following statistics show the cases brought up at the Magistrate's Court during the past three years: Drunkenness, 191,.. 48- 1915. 43; 1916, 18. Other offences: 1914, 24; 1915, 24; 1916, 5. Totals: 72 67 23. The smallness of the 19i6 figures constitutes a record at t*v Court for Carnival (Week during re cent years.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 14 November 1916, Page 5
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118CHRISTCHURCH CARNIVAL. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 14 November 1916, Page 5
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