School's In For Vandals

FIVE out of six government schools in the Hunter Region were broken into or vandalised in the past 12 months but only one in four has security fencing.

Freeze Pack Scare

TO three-year-old Dominic Mellare, it looked just like an iceblock and tasted "very yummy".

Ice Pack Warning After Boy, 3, Poisoned

TO THREE-YEAR-OLD Dominic Mellare it looked just like an iceblock and it tasted "very yummy". But within hours of secretly taking a few nibbles on the ice pack his mother, Nicola, had applied to his sore fingers after touching a hot stove, the Newcastle toddler was unconsciousness.

The East Is Fed

This expert food retailer has the length and breadth of Asian products covered.

Letters

PUBLIC TRANSPORT For passengers, it's a constant losing battle

She Rolls Her Own

An Eastern-style food business takes a modern Australian accent.

Letters

Costello should just cut and run

Backlog Of Dna Tests Will Go To Private Lab

CRIMINAL DNA testing will be outsourced to a private company in an attempt to clear a backlog of thousands of police samples at NSW government laboratories and keep up with rapidly growing demand.

Ecstasy Smuggled In Freezers

AN Australian syndicate allegedly used a shipment of freezers to smuggle the largest quantity of pure ecstasy to be intercepted by Australian authorities, a court was told yesterday.

Housing Designs That Meet Needs

A HHH, freedom | You no longer need to share your house with a rusting Cyclops swing set, rock music wall posters and deep freezers full of food for teenagers. Maybe you are even thinking about building or buying your dream home - something that suits just you. If this is the case, then it'

Labelled A Success

IMPROVEMENTS of up to 40 per cent in the energy efficiency of some Australian-made domestic appliances - notably refrigerator/freezers - have been made in the past three years. They are due directly to a scheme introduced in NSW and Victoria, which makes it compulsory for all new models in

A Cool Export Trail

AUSTRALIA can hold its head high as a producer of quality fridges, freezers and air conditioners. In fact, we are an exporter of these products. So boasted Mr Robert Toone, marketing manager for Email. "Talk about imports being superior to the Australian product is simply

Fridge-freezers And The Cold, Hard Facts

LAST week Tried & Tested looked at the lower end of the refrigerator market and at specialist fridges without freezer compartments designed for people who already own a separate freezer. But by far and away the most important market segment is the one discussed today: two-door refrigerator f

Wharfie Max Says On With The Show

SHOW County is the sort of horse Max Wiggins dreamt about years ago when he was waterside worker No2638. "I was loading freezers and always felt how good it would be to have an outstanding horse," Wiggins declared. For Wiggins, the trainer, that dream has come true in Show

Great Moments In Food

CROISSANTS are rapidly replacing toast on Australian Sunday morning breakfast tables. You only have to see the frozen varieties in supermarket freezers, or note the numbers of patisseries now in existence, to recognise the infiltration of this light buttery French pastry into Australian homes.