Alpine News
NEWS INSIDE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2002
Brazen thief
enters homes
in daylight
By Michael Gorey
A brazen thief has stolen purses,
handbags and wallets from
three houses in central Bright over
the past four weeks.
On two occasions the owners
were occupied in their gardens and
saw the man enter or leave their
homes.
According to police he’s a Cau-
casian aged between 40 and 60,
about 170cm tall, of medium build.
A resident of Delany Avenue, Mrs
Pat Taylor, 72, had a close-up view
of the man during daylight hours.
She said he’s aged 45-50, stocky, and
was wearing glasses.
He had black/brown hair and wore
shorts when she saw him leaving the
back entrance of her house.
“I was mowing lawns at the time,”
she said.
“When I went around the back,
my back door opened and this fel-
low came out.
“He seemed a bit edgy and asked
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if I had seen a little boy running
around.
“I told him I’d been mowing lawns
and he said that’s how he lost the
boy. He said he’d looked in my house
and the boy wasn’t there, and told
me I should keep my doors locked.
“I felt sick in the stomach.
“It made me very nervous for a
few nights.”
Nothing was stolen from Mrs
Taylor’s house.
Mick Guiney, from Bright Police,
said another witness believed the
man might be driving a white sedan,
approximately 10 years old, and pos-
sibly with NSW number plates.
He said the incidents had oc-
curred in older parts of town around
Delany Avenue, Hawthorn Lane and
Mountbatten Avenue.
“It’s a warning for people to keep
their houses locked when they’re
not inside,” he said.
“Just because you’re in the gar-
den doesn’t mean your house is
safe.”
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The position of chief executive with Alpine Shire
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ing some concern from community members.
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Solemn day
for veterans
By Michael Gorey
A small but solemn
crowd gathered at
Bright’s Memorial
Clocktower in Mafe-
king Square on Monday
to honor Australia’s
fallen servicemen and
women.
The Remembrance
Day service marked the
Armistice which ended
World War One on No-
vember 11, 1918.
In recent years it has
become an international
occasion to remember
the fallen from all con-
flicts.
Bright RSL sub-
branch president, War-
ren Barnard, welcomed
those present. Veterans
and special guests con-
gregated on seating in
front of the memorial,
while a few scores of
people sheltered from
the glaring sun in
nearby shade.
Mr Barnard described
the “Great War” as four
years of senseless car-
nage.
“Australia’s youth
was devastated at
places that were previ-
Fred Priest of Bright, who served with the 2/24 Battalion, laid a wreath at ously unheard of,” he
the War Memorial on Remembrance Day. said.
“Throughout Aus-
tralia hundreds of me-
morials, such as ours
here in Bright, bear tes-
timony to the loss of
lives.”
Mr Barnard cited the
conflicts which have
followed the “war to end
all wars” including re-
cent peacekeeping op-
erations, which he said
was war by another
name.
“And barely a month
ago Australian youth
was exposed to war by
yet another name; this
time called terrorism,”
he said.
Jeremy O’Sullivan,
the grandson of sub-
branch member Bill
Giles, played the Last
Post and sub-branch
chaplain, Father David
Lamont, read the prayer.
Wreaths were laid by
returned servicemen,
Alpine Shire councillor
Jason Reid, local
schools and organisa-
tions including Girl
Guides, Red Cross, Pro-
bus, Rotary, Lions and
individuals.
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