MOVE ON.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 232, 20 September 1881, Page 3

MOVE ON.

To the JuJytor of the Globe,

Sir, — It may afford consolation to some of onr Saturday nlgbt Christchurch pedestriana that no forty somethings crossed iz> blue, it may be inferred', was appointed to keep the people moving along. This, like many other good things, can be overdone. For Instance, two gentlemen weie standing at the corner of Colombo and Cashel streets on Saturday night last; there were very few people passing at that time, and if there had been, there was six Soot of clear passage, if not more, when they were accosted in a most bearish manner "‘Do not be standing hero in the way of the people,” One of the gentlemen told the constable they were not in the way of any person, and that if they were they would move out of the way without compulsion, and that he was well known in Christchurch, and would himself assist to keep Jaw aud order if required, instead of breaking it The constable used language re the unweildy size of one of the gentlemen, and told him in a sneering way,” it was not a good thing to be too well known.” I suppose the Inference meant of police notoriety. Well, sir, the police are a very useful portion of the populace, but they should always be on their guard not to insult harmless or unoffending people. They should be the last with all the powers granted them to incite a breach of the peace. In conclusion, I may say this is not a solitary instance, and again I say those gentlemen were not inoonvenienoing any person. Yours, &0., PERAMBULATOR.