YOUTHS’ NIGHT OUT

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 June 1925, Page 8

YOUTHS’ NIGHT OUT

1 HAVOC IN SHOPS. Gangs of boys have been playing havoc lately in several business houses in Melbourne. The police believe that they are acts of wanton destruction. Jn addition to the damage done in one building, the boys stole property valued at nearly £lOO, and it is estimated that the cost of their visit to the establishment will be nearly £5OO. In one place practically the whole of the contents of the building were disordered. Hundreds of tins of biscuits had been thrown in a heap in the centre of the floor. Many of the tins were burst and their* contents strewn over the floor. Cases of cakes, flour and fruit had been broken open, and burst packets of flour had been thrown about the bxxilding. About a dozen dummy wedding cakes -were broken, and the ornaments were thrown about the shop. The board room at the rear of the front office appeared to have been singled out for special destruction. The intruders made coffee and drank it in the room. They threw tho unconsumed coffe over the furniture, which was then further dam- ■ aged. Every electric globe was broken. The loss is estimated at over £3OO. There were signs that the boys had spout the whole night in the building. Three adjoining buildings were similarly treated.