SEQUENCE OF FIRES
POLICE WATCH REWARDED
YOUTH CAUGHT RED-HANDED
(Peb United Press Association)
BLENHEIM, .Tune 15. As the result of a sequence of fires on Saturday nights during the past few weeks, none" of which has assumed serious proportions, owing to the efficient work of the brigade, the police on Saturday evening kept a watch in premises likely to be visited by the suspected iiro bug. The outcome of this action was the arrest of a youth caught red-handed by a constable,'who found him attempting to set fire to stables which had been the scene of an outbreak exactly a week previously. The arrestee was remanded.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19360616.2.37
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 22908, 16 June 1936, Page 7
Word Count
106SEQUENCE OF FIRES Otago Daily Times, Issue 22908, 16 June 1936, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.