"FOR WAYS THAT ARE DARK."

NZ Truth, Issue 84, 26 January 1907, Page 5

" FOR WAYS THAT ARE DARK."

" Poisoning ' Children ami Destroy* iug the Bash. TO THE I3DITOB. Sir, — If you will permit me space m your valuable columns I .would like to point out the way .m wiiu'li some of #ie Chinese of "PalraersUm North arc abiding- hj the laws or t .lie country. As far as I know it is n-nvi unlawful for rotten 'fruit to Ira ?~uld, yet these damnable Ohin?se zxv celling bananas just as rotten ;-.rs any' fruit can possibly .be, to children :.ud other persons 1 who have aiot- pr; ruocu principle than to deal with then. I know cf one C£Lse._Xin. fact . tfcL .ililLv — came "to my koust*) wliera a tfo/.tn, bananas were sold to a boy for -d, , and there wasn't a solittuy cut' tit for human consumption. It is onlj/ natural that a. child who haa ■& couple of pennies to- 'spend will -gat as rx-i-H as if can for the moiiey, nnd it iMs rotten fruit is to fee sold to cltikiren (or anybody else) what wiii the consequences be ? ■ One Sunday -morning:, .being; an early riser, I was strolling .throui!;ii the esplaaade when I suddenly came across two Chows- who had, a. tremendous buodte of supple-jacks, each which: they haicD cut from the natural bush there Now, won r t it .-.?«■ Lovely when these apish ailicns, lielLisb 'and smellish. as their rottea fruit, have cut our one beauty-spot to 'pieces for ; the sake ol fixinja; up IJieir cardens. Thanking you m. anticipation.— • I am,. &c., DISGUSTED. I^almerston: North Jan. 21, '07. >