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Police call for witnesses to lucky escapeA WOMAN and her daughter werelucky to escape injury after aserious car accident at Palmerstonon Thursday.

Police are calling for witnessesto the crash at about 5.25pm.

They said the woman was trav-elling inbound on Chung Wah Tcetowards Temple Tce in her red Kia

Cerato. ‘‘It is alleged that as theyproceeded through the Temple Tceroundabout, a small white trucktravelling in the same directionstruck the passenger side of theirvehicle causing substantial dam-age,’’ police said.

They allege the driver of thesecond vehicle failed to stop and

continued along Chun Wah Tce

towards University Ave.

The vehicle is believed to have

had a silver tool box on the rear.

The woman and child were not

injured in the incident.

Anyone with information

should call police on 131 444.

Boys gofree aftersmashingwindows

ByALYSSABETTS

A TERRITORY woman is fumingafter a group of nine-year-old boyssmashed windows and threw eggs ather house — and there’s nothingthat can be done about it.

Mrs Foster — who asked to be knownby her last name only — said she was‘‘gobsmacked’’ at the scene she foundwhen she returned to her Palmerstonhome in Gunn on Wednesday afternoon.

‘‘I wondered why the bucket of carcleaning stuff had been kicked over,’’she said.

‘‘I looked around and noticed everywindow in the front of the househad been completely smashed in,and egged.’’

A neighbour saw the boys smashingwindows with a pole, and they alsopegged rocks.

Police have the case, and report thekids were aged nine years old.

But they cannot lay charges on them,

because the kids are under 10 and aretherefore not criminally responsible.

Mrs Foster said the damage bill cameto $1800.

She said the mother of one of theboys brought her son around that dayto make him apologise.

‘‘She apologised — but never offeredto help clean up, and she saidshe wouldn’t be helping to payfor the damage because she was onthe pension.’’

Mrs Foster said the episode appearedto have been sparked by a tiff oversome barbecued oyster leftovers be-tween a group of kids, including herown son, in a nearby park.

‘‘Usually the kids will have a few tiffs— one minute they’re best friends, thenext minute they’re not, but nothing’sever happened like this before.’’

Mrs Foster says the incident has lefther very annoyed.

‘‘No one’s responsible for it, and I’vebeen left to clean it up,’’ she said.

97 new homes earn nodA PROJECT that will see 97 new homes built atDarwin Defence base has been given the green light.

The houses will be built at the LarrakeyahBarracks after the Defence Public Work Committeeapproved the project this week.

The houses are part of a Defence housing upgradethat aims to improve the standard of accommodationacross the country, Defence Personnel Minister GregCombet (pictured) said.

The redevelopment will start in mid 2010.

GOODCATCH:Gracing the cover of

the latest NAFAmagazine is

Townsville stunnerJana Peterson

Meeting set for Bunnings site rezone planTHE Territory’s planning auth-ority has called a special meetingto consider the proposal to rezoneDarwin’s old Bunnings site.

Several residents are expectedto attend the meeting.

Maria Pikoulos of the WanguriResidents’ Association said 300people had signed a submissionagainst the project.

Other residents support it.

The plans are for a two-storeycommercial strip along VanderlinDrive in front of 58 apartments.

The apartments would be fourstoreys, dropping to three alongGsell St.

Some residents fear the develop-ment would cause them trafficchaos. But others say Bunningsalways attracted heavy traffic.

Permission to rezone the site

from commercial to medium dens-ity residential must be grantedbefore any development plan canbe considered.

THE Development ConsentAuthority hearing will be atthe Mantra Pandanas, 43Knuckey St, at 9am on Tues-day, December 8.

Fishingfanaticshookedon NAFAFISHING fanatics, it’s thattime of year again.

TheNational AustralianFishing Annual hits theshelves next week.

Managing editor andNTNews fishingwriterAlex Julius said thelatest edition couldbe the best in its20-year history.

‘‘Nomatterwhat style oflure fishingyou’re into, it’s afair bet you’ll findplenty of space andlatest techniquesdevoted to it in thisNAFA,’’ he said.

‘‘From trolling bigminnows at fair-dinkummackerel pace formonsterbarra, to chuckingunweighted, 7-inch, soft-plastic stick baits at fast-feeding pelagics, your headwill spin at the opportunitiesto try new, way-out, lure-fishing styles.’’

Gracing the cover of thelatest NAFAmagazine isTownsville stunner JanaPeterson, who alsofeatures in a 12-pagespread.

Themagazine hits thestands onWednesday.