THE NATIVE BORN AND CRIME.
SPARING THE ROD., " '■■ r The Minister for Justice instituted inquiries a few days' ago for the purr pose of ascertaining the. .number of native-born in the gaols of the Dominion and a statement on this matter was.. .. made in the Legislative Council ryes- . terday afternoon. Dr. Findlay inform- ' ed the C<mncil that .the total" number : of persons in the gaols on Thursday, last, was 900, of whom 420, or 46.6 per. cent,- were native-born. ' The totals; were made up as under:; —. ■ ,
The native-born ovor the age. of 18 ' years' was 48 per cent, and during last' ' . year 3051' native-born people had been sent to gaol, concluded Dr. Findlay. . This total was made up by a number of the- prisoners going in and out of gaol several times. ''■■'■, . : Tlie lack of parental discipline in New Zealand was referred to'yester-. day in the Legislative Council by the Hon. J. Ban - who informed the Council that-he had seen children talking to and behaving towards their parents in. a manner which astonished him. If, instead of spariiig-.ihc rod, it were used. more, often and. more judiciously,..-said ' . iir. Ihrr., tlieie would be less crime in' ti'.e community. . .' ■ _
■ In Native ■'. ■ ■ ' custody, born. ■' ■ Auckland , 278 . .-;,137 Dunedin ' 53 ■' 31 v Hannier' Springs ... 19 . 9 Invercargifl , 47,. ' 29 , Lytt-elton 138 " 60 • . Napier 46 20 '. Ne.v Plymouth ...... 53 18, "Waiotapu .46 23 ; Waipa Valley 25 14, Wellington 105. ,79 - GOO .420' .. .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 900, 20 August 1910, Page 4
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237THE NATIVE BORN AND CRIME. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 900, 20 August 1910, Page 4
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