John Arnold_The Evening Post_, 7 December 1923:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
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The danger of #glass #verandahs was emphasised in #Christchurch, when in High street on a recent afternoon a china ornament fell from one of the top story [sic] windows of a building, crashing through the verandah to the pavement in front of the doorway of a shop, says a Southern exchange. Although the pavement was thronged by people, no one was struck either by the glass splinters or by the missile. Glass splinters are not unknown in Wellington as falling from verandahs. An amendment io the bylaws of the city might well be made, providing that a fine wire netting should be placed above and below glass used overhead in any form.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231207.2.101
