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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 175, 21 April 1937, Page 19

The foolishness of perpetrating practical jokes on motorists, who are faced with a sufficiently large number of hazards already, has apparently not occurred to certain ill-advised persons around Dunedin. For some time past cases have been reported where motorists have come suddenly upon such objects as hats, and even suitcases, in the middle of the road, sometimes on sharp bends, and the natural reaction has been to make a quick swerve to avoid hitting them, with consequent danger to the car and its occupants. Subsequent Investigations have revealed that practical jokers have been at work, and the motorists’ only consolation has been the fact that the position had not been seriously complicated by the presence of any oncoming traffic at the time.

Ngaire Scoullar, aged seven, was taken to hospital yesterday suffering from burns to her back and shock. The injuries were received when her dress caught fire at her home, Up Happy A r alley Road, Wellington.