Show melon patches being raided it has been reported to us that several local melon patches have been raided recently and in some borne in bt fe ances all jhb melons destroyed such acts reveal a deplorable attl tude toward law and order with no respect for or property rights when gangs or individuals as the case may be will deliberately go on to another mans premises and not only steal but destroy that tor for w which they have no use it is time that such vandalism were punished it if the culprits could be apprehended planting weeding watering and caring for or a melon patch requires considerable work and it is certainly discouraging when the fruit is almost ready to enjoy to get up some morning and find that there Is nothing left but a lot of melon rinds and green reen melons pulled from the vines so that they will never ripen |