THE UNWRITTEN LAW.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 43, 5 October 1911, Page 4

THE UNWRITTEN LAW.

MUSICIAN CHASTISED

A WAIKATO INCIDENT,

O’er Press Association.)

Auckland, October 4

Something of a sensation ivas caused in the Waikato on Sunday (says the “Star”), when a young musicmaster, as well known in Auckland as further south, was administered a public horse-whipping by an irate father.

The musician, though a married man, is alleged to have written an extraordinary letter to the mother of a pupil with whom he had become infatuated. .In this letter he declared bis love for the daughter, but if, by tin’s confession, the ardent lover hoped to gain the assistance of the mother, lie signally 7 failed. The musician later made indiscreet statements respecting the mother of ime lady he professed to adore, and these alleged reflections in turn reached the oars of her husband, a man of impressive physical proportions.

Incensed at what had happened, and apprised of the nature of tne original confession of love for his daughter by a married man, the yvorthy sire armed himself with a raw-hide whip and sallied forth in search of the music-master.

Tracing him to a livery stable, ho learned mat his quarry was out driving. A four hours’ yvait for the young man’s return only served as further fuel to are the paternal wrath. Then the opportunity for punishment came, and the indignant sire took no half measures.

Passers-by in the street of the country ton’ll Mere treated to the unusual sight of one full-groivn man flogging another.

The raw-hide whip was used unmercifully, and the young man for once forgot that he claimed to be a member of the profession which has mado a science of harmonical sounds. The chastisement continued till the whipper and the whipped were tired; then the music-master sought obscurity.