WINDOW BREAKING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 291, 18 May 1915, Page 5

WINDOW BREAKING.

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Nippert iSros. wcr,- the greatest sufferers. Here the plan seemed to have been premeditated and carefully carried out. Just after the picture show concluded, as the crowd comprising men, women, and children were passing, a bottle full of beer was forced through the centre of the plate glass, making a circular hole about nine inches in diameter, irom which cracks radiate to all points. Constable iilakey was standing near by, but he had no chance of seein'" the culprit, as the footpath was in darkness, while the crowd did not wait to view the damage, but walked on. After the conclusion of the, recruiting meeting a crowd assembled under -More*' and .Son's veranda'., and two or three stones were thrown from there at Hart's window opposite; A youth was recognised by constable Brown and a prosecution will follow. It was not thought that the window had been hit, but on examination by the light of the strew, lamp it was discovered that the comer of the plate glass was badly shattered. On the lights under Morey's verandah ■being switched on the crowd dispersed. A crowd assembled fair a: Kttle while under llnllflnstein ißros.' verandah and a ginger beer bottle was thrown at the window, Qmt only hit the woodwork. Constable Wroblenske was unable to locate the culprit. Beyond these isolated acts of vandalism thore- was no rowdyism of any description, and tlu crowds quietly dispersed. By 11.31) p.m. the streets were again 'norma* save that the windows of the premises' frttaifced" were still guarded by the police..