A COMPLAINT.
(To the Editor of the Times). Sir, Will you allow me space in your valuablo paper to comment on the shocking state of affairs at the rising township of Karaka. I refer to the large number of drunken men that are to bo met on tbo roads almost every day. Were the trouble to end at this, complaint would bo unnecessary ; but 1 cannot refrain from remarking on the filthy language to be beard day after day by women and children. Fights are exceptionally common, and it is no unusual thing for the people of the district to bo kept awake for hours by street brawls, which are always accompanied by the most profane language. WAore are the polico authorities ? How is it that places like Ormond and Wbatatutu have police protection while the chief country centre is left unprotected ? A few years ago, I remember, Wbatatutu people needed aid, and when a constable was appointed thoir trouble disappeared. Why cannot Karaka enjoy tbo sauio privilege? What is the use of having a constable nine miles away ? Hoping that this will bo taken up by pens more ablo than mine.—l am, &c., Old-timer. To Karaka, Nov. 20.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1053, 21 November 1903, Page 3
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