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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 14, 12 July 1884, Page 2

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r-^- —:. • y' ki:i iankiiiism ! l mii _ TO THB'EDITOB OF THE STA j. '..,*. Sia,— As there is a lot of talk in _j*eild« at the present time, abjut the larrikins, I would like to point out that the parent! have a great deal to answer for. It ia a disgrace to onr town to see children oi tender years mixed up with tho grown up rowdy element, till all hours of the night. [ think parents should keep their child. ren at home at reasonable hours. Thejr bave no right to expect the local constable bo act as a parent and instructor, as well is the guardian of the peace. Parents should also keep their children mora inder control, and insist on more obedience at home, while they endeavour to* — nako home attractive so that there will '*' mno desire to get out to skylark. Aif;. 'or tho older larrikins nothing will stog..?^ hem but a birching in Wanganui Goat:'" Dne or two examples of this kind would 'V n-Jtil a wholesome dread in their mindr< ' md otners would be made to know what \ o expect, should they be tempted to turn • ■owdys. I trust the youth pf Feilding vili take warning in time, and endeavour o develop a more manly spirit than manj >f them are showing at present from the >ad example of v few.—l am. Ac., _