A STRANGE HOBBY.
MANIA FOR COLLECTING RUBBISH. [BY TELECKAPK.-—PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] Wellington*, Wednesday. " This is the most extraordinary case I ever saw in my life, and undoubtedly the worst," said Dr. McArthuiy S.M., this morning, after inquiring into a case, in which a man named J. Phillips-was.charged at the Magistrate's Court with keeping offensive rubbish on his premises in Garrett-streefc. The house, it. was stated, was found to be full of all kinds of rubbish. The yard was also found to be in an unpleasant condition. His Worship • considered the place a menace to public health. and a fit caso for the Health Department to take on. It was stated that accused had been previously fined. He seemed to have a mania for collecting old rubbish and storing it in his house. He was fined the maximum amount, namely, £5.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13666, 6 February 1908, Page 3
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