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BIG INCREASE

DUNEDIN JUVENILE CRIME (Per Press Association, Copyright). . DUNEDIN, July 8. . That-.there; lias been a striking increase ip the amount, of juvenile crime in fDunedihv is suggested by the increase 1 in the nunil)er?of cases that have heen dealt .with, in the Children’s Court during; the:, quarter epdeu June 30.". In those, three months the total number of cases, wliiph came the Children's Court was -177. , ' • The) 177, cases were made up. of 164 cases against males gnd 13 against 'femalps. .The total number for the cor--responding quarter of *934 was only 51. “ For the quarter ended September 30 last, rthere were 78 cases dealt with, where as 81 eases appeared before the Court in each of the next two quarters. The increase in -the last quarter Therefore is more than TOO per cent, as compared with any quarter in the previous year. ; • .

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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1935, Page 5

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BIG INCREASE Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1935, Page 5

BIG INCREASE Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1935, Page 5