STUDENTS’ PROCESSION

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1923, Page 3

STUDENTS’ PROCESSION

Al'( KI.AND. A eomplaint a> to the heliaviour m Cnivcr-io. students on the occasion ol their si red d , 'inons| ra! nni on .him ITtli. was recently received by the City (Tnnicil I nun a eerrespumleiil and dealt with bv the Finance and Legal Ciunmit !■ e. At the meeting ol tho Council last evening the rnminitlco submitted a repot l from the Traffic Inspector. Tin- staled Unit the conditions under which the students were given permission to bold the procession in the city -I reels were that no ehst ruction to traffic was permitted. Tim procession was kept moving, and four officers from the Traffic Departlooni iol low ed i tie prone ■.Sion and rigidly enforced the traffic by-laws. Thev were assisted by two officers ol the Police Deportment. Several complaints bad been made cl’ uii-eemly behaviour of siiidenl' and their inferi’ereme with, and damage 10. private and public propertv. inking ;omU from shops wit lion I paymcul. roughly handling womenfolk and rudely greeting I hem in an in idatnry manner, trampling om and destroying llower-beds in til" Albert Park. etc. Tim Inspector it rommcndi d liial I'm Siudeiil- Assurin'. inn's annual nruees. ion and demon'll 'alien be probib'tcd unless the A,'socialion i- prepared In give the Council all undertaking in writing Hint, in future it will conduct lire pmre'-sinn with decorum. The committee recommended thal ilm correspondent be advised that the traffic con lit ions upon which the permit ior the procession was i-sued were I'nIIIl!i d. ami that while nuiuerous comoTaints a< to utiscuuduei had been received. the Council had no legal power to deal with the same, and that Ihe Council cal! the atleiniun ol the Fni-mr-iiv euthnril ics to the numerous complaints i f tttiseetiily behaviour. ! lie ivenliimct’datieu was ad opted. The S'nperinl eildent ci Parks icport- .-| that during a meeting held at the Victoria street entrance to Albert Ibuk. on the day ol the .students’ demons! rat mn, ihe rockwnrk and borders in I- b"di\ damaged by t! e crowd. lie estimated this damage at £2O. The Park' ( iniiiittm' recommended Dial the Student .' Association be charged tliis sum. and the reconnnendai i"U was adopt ed.