GENERAL NEWS

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIII, Issue 4045, 25 September 1944, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS

Establishing a Cambridge Crecha. The Council does not feel that it should take an active part in the establishing of a suggested creche and decided to reply in this strain .to the Women's Section of the R.S.A. and to suggest that the Plunket Society and kindred bodies should undertake its establishment.

Small Car Removed.—On Saturday night a small Morris 8 car, owned by Mr H. Betts was removed from outside the Town .Hall, but was eventually recovered in the vicinity of St. Peter's Church. At one stage several men were observed pushing the car along the road. While the car door had been unlocked, the owner had fortunately pocketed the key;

Less Insobriety.— The decline in insobriety as revealed by the decreasing number of arrests for drunkenness was referred to by Mr Poison (Opposition. Stratford) durfng consideration of the Estimates* of the Police Department in the Mouse. The police, he added, had done a mighty line job of work in this respect, but drinking at country dances had not been stamped, out in some districts. He did not think this was the fault of the uolice, but rather because of the inadequate penalties' imposed by magistrates. "I suppose it is not possible to regiment magistrates, but 1 would like to ,see some method of dealing with the question so that this evil can be eliminated," said Mr Poison.