BREAKING OF LAMPS
By Telegraph—Press Association.
boys to watch boys
Christchurch, Sept. 25. In an endeavour to stop the smashing of street lamps by boys the Sumner Borough Council decided to arrange with the school committee and headmaster of the Sumner school for the issue of red badges labelled "warden" to six senior boys chosen through the committee. The boys' duty would be to try to prevent other boys from destroying public property. "There appears to be an epidemic of smashing electric light bulbs and lamps round the borough," stated the electrical engineer's report. The police had been notified. Mr. P. C. Fenwick said he had discussed the matter with , members of the school committee. He was willing to pay for the badges. "Boys do the smashing of lamps and also damage to the breakwater at Scarborough," Mr. Fenwick said. "I have photographs of them doing it. It takes three boys to shift some of the stones. The police know about it, but we can't expect them to be everywhere at once." "The constable is very energetic," said Mr. E. T. Chitty. "It is the hardest thing in the world to catch the boys, even if you see them to the act."
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1940, Page 12
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