The London police authorities, concerned with the increase in what may be called preventable crimes, have recently issued: instructions advising the public what to do in the way of safeguarding their houses and flats against burglars and housebreakers. A distinction down between the two offences, a burglar being a gentleman who effects a forcible entry between certain hours of the night and early morning. Both are objectionable members of the community, but perhaps the burglar is the cause of most alarm. These crimes seem to be on the increase in London and the outskirts, and no doubt there are plenty of other towns of which the same might be said.
In recent years so many new duties have been thrust upon the police that they are no longer able to look after the welfare of ordinary citizens as sedulously as they could before the War. It is obviously the duty of householders to employ all reasonable means of protecting their premises. My own contribution to the problem is the suggestion that a sensible dog in the home goes a long way towards making it burglar proof. Of course, a good deal depends upon the dog, some breeds being naturally more vigilant and more suspicious than others, but most of them are sufficiently alert to give the alarm on hearing strange noises.
The suspicious dog is valuable because he would not be likely to pick up any meat that might be doped and dropped through the letter box. I once taught a dog not to take anything that was presented to him in an improper manner by putting mustard om a piece of meat and depositing it on the door mat for him to find.
Dogs vary a lot in disposition. and it is necessary to study their natures, Some are naturally noisy and do not have the sense to discriminate between callers who are authorised and unauthorised; that is why I mention the necessity of having a sensible dog which will soon get to know the foot-tops of tradesmen's boys, postmen and others who call regularly. Those dogs that are abnormally quiet can be encouraged to bark when a strand ger comes.
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In a successful attempt at a comeback after an absence from the ring of almost on year, Sonny Boy Walker of Phoenix, Arizona, tonight scored a technical knockout over Ed Jack of Dallas, Texas, in the ninth round of a planned ten frame bout. Walker came in at 180, while Jack tipped the beam at 177, A large crowd witnessed the bout and gave walker a rousing ovation when the fight was stopped in the ninth.—United Press.
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