CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 555, 20 October 1871, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsib'e./o-our Correspondents' opWfo'*s.]

To the Editor of ihe EVENING Stab,

Sia, — Will you be kind enough to insert t* its, to correct the impression made by.the ii.ivcrti' :ienf'of Mrs.;Coiclou'gl)''B lecture"for this eve in^. ~ . . , . ITlie i cture is not under the auspice') of the YoU'ig Men's Christian Association, as the he. ding'of the advertisement leads the piubl'c to infer. Mis. Coldough has simply hiijed the lec'nre hall in-tlie~poonfs, not even st-iiug the title of her lecture. Ido this in no'unlriendlyj spijit to iVlrs.'Ot)lcltwg]t..wh<iiei. lecture, t trust, will be well attended, but as an) act of just'ee to ,tbe : lepturer who is t j /allow, as the last of "the course for the Association, and on the same subject.— X am, &c.,. ,! .61 .<::<•■-. •■&} B.'ShalD^es, . - i Hon. Sec.

aWay: to the Police Court, for the crime of ,s'ttine; in the: inarket-.plnce listening to the poifovmanoe of the celebrated hippodrome ; and a gi»antio bobby is sent ; • her parents to s y., "We want you at the iocK-up." The fiitlci', s'l.t'ng t>y t.e fire a.tot1 itis hard dnyV vvoik, \^ struck witu amazement, —I suppose, never having feeeii-, in a lockup in his life before; and' the younger ..portion of his numerous family all commence a-sorrowful wp-'l,'expecting to lose both father and sister. Could not the' authorities' give the policemen a holiday, that they might have a little recreation, and not, have toiam.use themsglves with "poor wandering minstrels and rheumatic cripples ? They tell us there are so many -little girls who are ruined; and they want to put a stop to ciime, &c. Cannot they do it ■without; annoying poor, harmless children of respect ble pa-ems, wLo probably never saw the inside of a Police Court in their lives ?— if tbey cmnot, bobbie.3 bad better give place t'i somebody that can. lam not one of those who would interfere with their bobbyships in .'Jae ,peivqrnian.ee of duty, but it appe rs 'to me' they, are unaoqtia'n,ted with it ; so I shou'd^ sugge-ti a 'dayVdiill riow and aga'.n Tor t'i.eir better information.— I am, &c, Eifiy Yeaps Ago. • QWe give insertion to the foregoir'r, but we •know.; rothing whatever of the merits of the c: 'c. We think, however, that ni^ht air is b.'d for rheumatism, and the girl should have b • n alpr- with her father, sitf'ng by the fire. C.J