Vandalism

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31029, 7 April 1966, Page 16

Vandalism

Sir, —The reason the police were brought into the incident previously related was because I considered it outside the category of “boyish pranks” and bordering on the criminal. The police now know and Cr. Skellerup should have known that the track from Milton street to Forbes street is also a street and clearly defined as such on the map. If Cr. Skellerup goes back far enough he will find a by-law which states that anyone driving a vehicle at 20 miles an hour or faster must be preceded by someone waving a red flag. So much for by-laws. The fencing-wire in question was fastened to a shrub (near the ditch), passed around a telegraph pole, and finally fastened round a tree approximately 10 feet inside the park. This tree casts a shadow over the track (4.15 p.m.) and the wire was practically invisible. An elderly lady who was walking along the grass and wearing glasses could just as easily have been the victim.—Yours, etc., TOM BRYCE. April 6. 1966.

Mr M. A. Toomer last evening became a council member of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. He represents the Canterbury Master Builders’ Association on the council.