DANGEROUS BALLOONS
"In deciding to have a regulation drafted to prohibit the use in public places of toy balloons filled with inflammable gas the Health Commission has taken the course which the circumstances warrant," comments the Melbourne "Argus." "Reports submitted to the City Council by its officers recently emphasised the danger of fire and of injury to persons because of the misuse of hydrogen-filled balloons at dances held in the Town Hall. On two separate occasions a woman has had to be removed to hospital in an ambulance, the council was told, suffering from burns caused by the actions of 'intoxicated half-wits' in exploding the balloons with lighted cigarettes. It may be assumed that 'intoxicated halfwits' do not confine their dangerous prank of balloon-bursting to the Town Hall. Such an easy and effective form of wit is too fascinating to be confined to one place or ono occasion. It is a matter for regret that toy balloons, which lend a picturesque touch to fiances, may have to disappear from public halls on account of their dangerous potentialities; but the safety of persons and property must be paramount. This restriction, like many other restrictions, is one of the penalties of misbehaviour which the innocent :uave 1o .sniffer with i;he guilty £ ~~~ _
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 9
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209DANGEROUS BALLOONS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 96, 20 October 1933, Page 9
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