STREET OBSTRUCTION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2046, 15 May 1890, Page 2

STREET OBSTRUCTION.

TO THE EDITOK, Sie, —In your issue of Saturday last I saw a letter on the above subject ever the signature " Only a Woman," and as I noticed the same obstruction spoken of in that letter taking place last Sunday night, I crave your courtesy to allow me to call attention to the, subject in your next issue, in the hope that pressure may compel the police to do their duty in protecting the public, especially females, from inconvenience and insult when walkiag through our streets. It does seem strange to me, sir, that on the same Sunday night, at the same time, that the Army was, according to the police, 'causing an obstruction—which, by the way, was found to be no obstruction—the constable actually had to pass and repass, in going to and returning from the the meeting, from 15 to 20 persons blocking this footpath, as usual, in front of the Army barracks; and yet, sir, I can vouch for the fact that they were not ordered to move on, nor were any of them summoned, although there a geauine case of obstruction takes place every Sunday night, as regular as clockwork. Of course it is patent there is a great deal less trouble in moving a Salvation lass or two, and dragging tkem before a magistrate, than there would be in serving a score or so of larrikins in the same manner, but, at any rate, our wives and daughters in the first case would be freed from inconvenience and insult, which in the latter case they certainlv are not. The fact is, sir, that this particular nuisance has attained such dimensions that some of us are going to try all legal means to compel the police to do their duty in respect to this most abominable infliction, and if that fails we shall be forced to try the effects of a sharp dose of muscular Christianity, if necessary, to enable our female friends to walk our public a treets on Sunday evenings, without being annoyed and disgusted by the vile behaviour of these obstructionists.—l am, etc., Faib Play All Roiend. Temuka, May 13, 1890.