RUINING YOUNG GIRLS.
Per Press Association. Auckland, November 17. Strong remarks regarding lack ofparental control of young girls were made in a.case in the Police Court; to-day, when it was alleged that a taxi-cab driver had been responsible for ruining a number of young girls to whom he gave joy rides in his car. The Probation Officer said that it was deplorable the number of ruined young girls in the city. He had met numerous cases where relatives had sought his aid for girls which the Queen Street Friday and Saturday night's parade had ruined. He advocated women police. The Magistrate said that the age pf consent was, the who]e trouble. The Question of the supervision of girls i'was certainly becoming prominent and it made one think that some action was necessary in regard to the man referred to. The Magistrate advocated a "tar and feathering" and a "good hiding."
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 96, 20 November 1916, Page 6
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150RUINING YOUNG GIRLS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 96, 20 November 1916, Page 6
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