Approach To Minister About Vandalism
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, September 4. Vandalism has reached such proportions in Mount Roskill that the borough council asked the Mayor (Mr K. W. Hay) last night to approach the Minister of Police (Mr Allen) about it.
Mr Hay will also discuss with Mr Allen the question of police control in the borough.
staffed by the police. There were only two policemen for the district of 35,000 people. He believed the men worked on a roster basis, with only one on duty at a time The Town Clerk (Mr G. W. Stephenson) has written to headmasters of local schools about damage done by vandals during the holidays. He hopes the headmasters will tell the children that in the long term it is their mothers and fathers who will have to pay for the damage.
The Deputy Mayor, Mr R. N. Fickling, said he felt the borough was inadequately
The vandalism included damage to lights in a park, the theft of shrubs, damage to newly-laid concrete footpaths, breaking into a cricket pavilion, damage to a gymnasium and children's playing equipment in a park, and interference with a steam-roller and plant. Grazing animals were maimed and tied with wire.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31776, 5 September 1968, Page 28
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