Wellington Items

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 123, 10 April 1890, Page 4

Wellington Items

•' — ■ ° — ~^ r T,,--^ ■ ■• ■ [FBOtt OtM'O^TST COitBKSPtiKDE^tT.V The repori flijat "" effort' are [to be made, shortly, to put -the C. D, act into force in,. n t,hia cjty^ has brought forth strong opposition;, from ( . the Clerical and], Medical sides of the community, seve^i of yhom are yigor•ously opposed to this one sided [lajf which allows a man to go free whilst «ny woman auspectedy- is coinpeliodlfo . undergo an examination. ;, The oleilgy regard the operations of the Act^-as iminoTal da that it' its action Invites men to sin without fear of . the eo9sequettces..-pr- Hemp., who has given th^'sj^e^j^cMstUdyfor years, has written a very long letter to the Times denouncing the act and strongly coifa'batmgT fche^ oft repeated «sseri ions of, that {paper ' that in? places were the Act lisc'in^iQrce, disease has ■decreased i%*ny degreft. <:v<M si v-i. Seyeral weeks ago, the good people ■of JohnsonviUe" wejre^jS^Mrtled; by the report that a ? !fefoci'o ( u8 aiimal, pome!thing like a »^a ! r, ' Wias , if largei'tn !tKat peaceful village 1 antf^ch was-tte Tterror excited amongst the younger portion of th«.^mmusity;.:tjhat/they 1 jwere afraid to go; to.aleep for fear/that r^this dreadful animal; ; would: devour '-them whilstiiniAe arms of 'Morpheus/ ' TChe sequel to the story lies in the fact <that a toy at,K^wh^^Bicently lost.an *nd ; cm proceeding to JTohn---sonville where he hewd" that a strange -animal 'bad * been ' killed, at the »scene of slaughter recognised his long 36st pet. Surely /some ;pf'thexinbabi*tants of thiSfUmyerse must ■ haye eyes as oar fdlepd Sam VVoller, makes mention -of lin;lfc|w famous case of Bardwell and JKpkwick.