Scotchman’s Nightmare
Going with a man to the cellars of a Christchurch city club, a boy of 16, while roaming round, turned on the tap of a 30-gallon keg of whisky, thinking it was I beer. He broke the tap and was unable ! to turn it off with te result that whisky , to the value of £142 ran to waste on the floor. . . ! These facts wore given by Seniori Detective Nuttafl in the Children's Court, j when the youth was charged with comI milting mischief. I Tlie boy was placed under the suporI vision of the child welfare officer for 12 I months.
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Northern Advocate, 17 December 1942, Page 4
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103Scotchman’s Nightmare Northern Advocate, 17 December 1942, Page 4
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