Once again ,two shops in the Nightcliff Village have been broken into in one night . For one of the shops it was the 32nd raid on their premises in six years , which must be close to a Territory record. It is also a massive financial burden and distressing for people trying to make a living, their trading hours reduced because of lawlessness.
With the usual fanfare, the NT Government recently announced CCTV would be installed at Palmerston , Casuarina and elsewhere in the city. But not at Nightcliff where shopkeepers and nearby residents, especially in the housing commission areas , have been under virtual siege for years . Little Darwin recently detailed the intolerable situation at Nightcliff which obviously demands a new co-ordinated approach .
In other Nightcliff news, the hearing of an application for a noise abatement order against real estate agent Tony Fotiades , of Sandalwood Street, was adjourned when a magistrate ruled himself out of the case because he knew one of the plaintiff's witnesses , the well known Chips Mackinolty , who lives nextdoor to Fotiades. Magistrate Lowndes said he had been in contact with Mackinolty over many years . Witnesses , including two police officers, were forced to wait around while an attempt was made to find a magistrate to hear the case . There being no one available , the case was adjourned until next month to set a hearing date.
Chips recently figured in the NT News in respect of a computer generated painting he and Therese Ritchie produced of the Nightcliff MLA Jane Aagaard. It shows the beaming member standing with her hand next to a fine bone china cup and saucer, not Royal Doulton with handpainted periwinkles, and what seems like a packet of Scotch fingers. The newspaper account said Ms Aagaard's portrait now hangs in parliament house.
With the usual fanfare, the NT Government recently announced CCTV would be installed at Palmerston , Casuarina and elsewhere in the city. But not at Nightcliff where shopkeepers and nearby residents, especially in the housing commission areas , have been under virtual siege for years . Little Darwin recently detailed the intolerable situation at Nightcliff which obviously demands a new co-ordinated approach .
In other Nightcliff news, the hearing of an application for a noise abatement order against real estate agent Tony Fotiades , of Sandalwood Street, was adjourned when a magistrate ruled himself out of the case because he knew one of the plaintiff's witnesses , the well known Chips Mackinolty , who lives nextdoor to Fotiades. Magistrate Lowndes said he had been in contact with Mackinolty over many years . Witnesses , including two police officers, were forced to wait around while an attempt was made to find a magistrate to hear the case . There being no one available , the case was adjourned until next month to set a hearing date.
Chips recently figured in the NT News in respect of a computer generated painting he and Therese Ritchie produced of the Nightcliff MLA Jane Aagaard. It shows the beaming member standing with her hand next to a fine bone china cup and saucer, not Royal Doulton with handpainted periwinkles, and what seems like a packet of Scotch fingers. The newspaper account said Ms Aagaard's portrait now hangs in parliament house.
