A LAW-ABIDING STATE.
LITTLE CRIME IN NEW SOUTH WALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright j I Sydney, September 1. . t Tho annual report of tho Comptroller c of Prisons shows that the prison population of the State at the end of last year was 1.720, tho lowest number for over thirty-fivo years, tho ratio per hundred thousand of the population being 78, against SG in tho previous year. The Comptroller says that probably tho dominating factors in this satisiactory result aro tho general spread of education, the moulding of law-abiding instincts in tho community, and tho general prosperity of tho country. Duo credit also mnst bo given to the beneficial influence of modern , legislation, which, while strict and dis- J ciplinary, is not open to the reproach , of manufacturing crime. Tho expenditure of tho gaols decreased by £129,000 in 1805 to £82,000 last year. CONSTABLES' SUNDAYS OFF. (Rec. Septembor 2, 0.35 a.m.) Sydney, September 1. The metropolitan police authorities declare that since the constables have been given every second Sunday off there has been an increase of crime, especially of 1 sly grog-selling.' Nevertheless, tho Chief Secretary, Mr. Flowers, is determined to adhero to tho principle. '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 5
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194A LAW-ABIDING STATE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 5
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