CRIME IN AUSTRALIA.
NOTABLE PREVALENCE IN VICTORIA. By liable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Associati sn. MELBOURNE, May 14. Referring to the prevalence of robberies and assaults by armed desperadoes, the Commissioner of Police says every citizen of repute who lias just reasons should bo permitted to carry a revolver. Decent citizens should be in a position to meet men who prey upon society on an equal footing. Every man who has to carry home a week’s wages should be armed. He thought the law under which permits to carry firearms wore issued was too rigorously administered when decent citizens were applicants.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 15 May 1925, Page 9
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103CRIME IN AUSTRALIA. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 15 May 1925, Page 9
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