WHERE ARE THE POLICE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—How long is the shameful practice now indulged in, of bathing publicly at all hours of the day in the vicinity of the boat shed and the Whataupoko Bridge, to be permitted? Are the police and the local authorities utterly indifferent to the disgraceful extent the practice complained of iscarried on at all hours during the day. Sir, for the child that takes two pennyworth of plums from his neighbors garden, the fine is £10 as laid down by our worthy Magistrate, but overgrown blackguards, dead to all sense of common docency, are alllowed, unchecked, to parade their nudity in the face of passers by at almost any hour of the day between 8 in the morning and 6 in the evening, this fact can be verified by taking a stroll to the Whataupoko Bridge. The Borough Council, or the Town Clerk perhaps, on his own authority, will, it is hoped, take the necessary steps to have this public nuisance abated, otherwise the pleasure of walking over the bridge for the luxury of getting out of the dust of the town in morning or evening will be debarred to a great many.—l am &c., Ratepayer. Gisborne, Jan. 24, 1883.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1257, 24 January 1883, Page 2
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206WHERE ARE THE POLICE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1257, 24 January 1883, Page 2
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