FALSE FIRE ALARMS.
BOY OF FIFTEEN CAUGHT. OTHER OFFENCES ADMITTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. • A youth, aged 15, admitted in Court to-day 23 charges, of giving false alarms of fire, 25 charges of tampering with letter boxes, three of tampering with slot telephones, and one of theft of a bicycle. He was committed to the care of the superintendent of child welfare, with a recommendation that he be sent to the Weraroa Training School. The damage caused to lire alarms alone was £216, and repairs to poet boxes cost £IS.
The police said that the boy's habit was to rise from bed after midnight, unknown to his parents, and make raids. Altogether he took 65 letters. Some contained cheques and postal notes, but he had not attempted to cash them.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 239, 8 October 1932, Page 11
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131FALSE FIRE ALARMS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 239, 8 October 1932, Page 11
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