TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
; TWO TINY BOYS’ WRECKAGE. Looking incapable of doing any dam- ‘ ge, two diminutive boys, aged seven md eight respectively, were charged at 1 Boston recently with theft and with he wanton destruction of the local football club pavilion. The chief constable stated that the place had been rendered a total wreck by these two children. Every conceivable article that had any value was smashed—windows were broken, doors forced, chests smashed open, and other thinks of value had been dropped into a bath filled with water. Rolls of tickets had been torn or (thrown through the window, and there was a trail of broken crockery for more than 200 yards. A gas-meter had been broken open and part of the mechanism taken out. The two boys had also put some articles in two wooden boxes and dragged them home. It looked at first sight like the work of maniacs. Each boy was ordered to receive six strokes of the birch for stealing. Tho other case of wilful damage was adjourned to see how the boys behaved.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 187, 10 August 1931, Page 3
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