Wilful Damage to Rushden Hall - Councillor Gives Warning
WILFUL damage to Rushden Hall was mentioned by Coun. E. Sugars at Rushden Council's meeting on Wednesday when, as chairman of the Parks Committee, he issued a warning. Two girls, he said, had been seen to break glass in the windows. Although on this occasion the committee had left it with the police to interview the girls and their parents, they wished it to be known that they took, a very serious view of the matter and would deal more sternly with any future offenders.

At considerable expense to the ratepayers, the Council was trying to improve the amenities of the town, and he thought that in many cases much might be done by parents to check wilful damage by children.

Meat decontrol
After the decontrol of meat the Bedford Road abattoir, used since the war as a central slaughterhouse for the district, is to be administered by the C.W.S. There had been no response to an offer to slaughter animals for private traders.

Electrical installations in the council's temporary bungalows are to be inspected every 14 months in future because they have been the cause of fires. The cost will be about ten shillings per house.

The surveyor, Mr. A. Millar, was instructed to proceed with demolishing the garage building adjoining 93 Portland Road, in compliance with an order made by Wellingborough Magistrates on February 5.