KITTEN INCIDENT
NO FURTHER-ACTION
'(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
.■ CHEISTCHHECH,; May": 14^ <' The kitten-throwing incident. ■whici occurred on ;March 31; atcthe finalsrof the New Zealand- ! University ,; boxing championships was again before . the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals tonight. ■ ' •'' ■ ■ ,'■
Only a bare: quorum of four members was present, and the meeting .carried by,three votes to one,a. motion that no further action, be taken. .
In the discussion itwa's suggested that the perpetrator. had had a good deal of punishment already, from h'ia fellow students; that the facts might not be held to justify a. conviction; and that the society would -have' th,e es^ pense of bringing the perpetrator from Auckland to no purpose. Also, action might appear vindictive after such;a lapse of time. '."".'■- '.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 113, 15 May 1934, Page 7
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122KITTEN INCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 113, 15 May 1934, Page 7
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