Notes and Events.
■ * .' ' * * \yaßganui aaems to be in a bad stale, ; as the I£iral<l commences a leader thus: — If something is not speedily done to put a stpp to the inoreasing spread of larrikinism in this town, peaceful and law-abiding residents will hay« to form a Vigilance Committee and try the good effects of cow-hide or supplejack upon the tiatiks of the' " yahoos " who nightly prowl about the suburbs, seeking for some safe opportunity to destroy property or'to annoy some inoffensive or person. Tearing down fences, casting punts adrift, opening gates and driving horses Itnd cows out" on the road, hacking the signal staff and rigging about, and Qther monkey fcrjoks of similar senieleii stupidity seem to possess .Atf irviiistaDli attraction for oar local larrikins, who prowl about in bands making night hideous with their howling cries and obscene and blasphemous language.
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Manawatu Herald, 29 October 1892, Page 3
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142Notes and Events. Manawatu Herald, 29 October 1892, Page 3
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