19 June 2000

Northern Territory News headlines

‘Cat lovers cat burgled – Terror as cruel caller steals kitten’

Front page news in the Territory – the theft of a kitten. A woman advertised a litter of kittens for sale at a local pet shop. A prospective purchaser who earlier in the day had inspected the kittens, later broke into the woman’s house stealing one of the kittens. A horrific crime. The implication that the thief is cruel is somewhat presumptuous- she may have been a genuine cat lover.

‘’Fortress Darwin’ draws criticism’

The sign reads ‘Trespassers will be stomped, kicked, bashed, and if still alive will be prosecuted’. Delightful. The sign is being displayed on a house in Anula, one of Darwin’s northern suburbs. The owner, who has no cats, is quoted as saying ‘Its just a ‘beware of the dog’ sign’. Perhaps its more of a – beware of the dangerous loonies inside – sign.

‘Con man at Wulagi’

How to spot the difference between a con-man and a tree-lopper. A door-to-door salesman offers to cut down trees but backs out when the prospective client fails to come up with a deposit. A sharp Wulagi woman was quoted ‘He said he could do it straight away but then asked for a $20 deposit, then he said about $10, then I figured this was a con man, not a tree-lopper’.

‘NT air mustering safe, says expert’

‘Despite two aerial mustering accidents in one week – including a fatal crash on the Western Australian border – an NT aviation expert says there’s no need to investigate the industry’. The expert is a former operations manager for Helimuster. Any vested interests?

Match the headline to the story
‘Noel loses his cool’

A. Noel Gallagher beats up reporters at Heathrow Airport
B. Noel Gallagher named the world’s least cool rock star
C. Noel Gallagher to visit the Top End.