LARRIKINISM.
Some original remarks on the subject of larrikinism were recently made by Mr Robert Stout during the course of the lecture he delivered before the members of a Freethought Association. He said he thought far too much was made of the matter. If the colonists wished the young lads who were growing up around them to lead regular lives and become good citizens^ they should, to use an old phi-ase; be'given^a hobby m life." Let parents and guardians cultivate m chillren" uftdertheir care'b taste for botany, geology, music, and so on, and he guaranteed that less would be heard of larrikinism, whilst the race of the future would bo much better than that of the present. The lads m this colony werd 'possessed - of superabundant energy, which only required to be properly directed- to fit them for creditable positions m life, aud if it could' be directed into the proper channels, there is little doubt that larrikiuism would be seldom heard of.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 23, 24 December 1883, Page 2
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