HABITUAL DRUNKARDS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1482, 16 October 1885, Page 2

HABITUAL DRUNKARDS.

(to thk editor of the standard.) g IB? — x was fflafl to see that " Besident of the Square" has iwritten you/concerninsr drunkards, of whom there are now, in Palmersjkon, nuisance tp^jHeJiotel-keepers, a ;dis§race to, | themselves, and a discredit to the place. It seems as if there were no check upon them. They do not: fear the police m the least, hut drink away from early: morning till late at night, and loaf from' one public house to another. "Would not a; prolrbition . order be a benefit t° some! of? tliese' unfortunate l creatures'? They cannot restrain themselves, appear lost to every sense, qf self-resoect, ; nnd are riiitunsf their bodies and "'souls' alike. In two cases that I could mention the sanie;cimse has broken up- families.-' • the imsbamls m each case i Iveins? goofl trades j T»en,| capable of earning a respectable livilifiood for themselves and tl)ose dopending' on them. Snrely- the police ''ooulrj interfere. The liotei keepers cannot lie blamed, for they; I am assure--!, jjive I habitual drunkards no quarter; but they Come back, and hang about, on the chance of getting more drink. fConld anytlrnT more demoralizing be concoivel? What will become of these i liien unless somebody interferes ? My opinion i* that the police should take steps. One thing lam sure of,_ that they n could not have had the same lioerty to hasten their ruin, and make themselves fa nuisance to' everybody,' hadour former '.constable, still been here. Must an infnrniati<jn lie laid before the police will 'do their duty, or whatpublio opinion be4:Kyes to l>e their dutyiu this respect ?— I am, &c , I J. S.