A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2947, 26 July 1878, Page 2

A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib,—l beg through the columns of your paper to draw the attention of the police to a notorious house occupied bj some single women, and situated on the Waiotahi Spur. I, in company with my mate, went last Saturday night in the direction of this house, with a view of examining a house situated in the same vicinity, which I intended to purchase; when our attention was attracted to the spot occupied by these common and defamatory women by hearing a boisterous noise in their house, which seemed to me as if all immured within its walls were engaged in a verbal conflict, and each of them trying to ascertain by way of self-defence which had the vilest tongue, and could most readily inflict the severest wound on the other's feelings by thundering a volley of diabolical expressions at her opponent. On their continuing to exchange their vulgar sentiments in high wrath with those calumnious aspersions without the least sign of cessation (on the contrary they seemed to be momently; growing warmer), I enquired from a person residing a little below them who those people were, and were they in the habit of giving vent to their hostile feelings in that manner, when he replied that they were a very low class of women, and that

their acknowledged profession was inducing young men who were, by all accounts, fellows who paid equal disrespect to social life, to visit their place at very unreasonable hours. He further informed me that they were on several occasions brought before the J&.M. Court and fined a nominal sum for creating disturbances about the neighborhood. Now, sir, from what I saw on Saturday, and from what information I gathered trom the person 1 have mentioned, I fail to see that the, punishment of a fine being inflicted on such characters as those people undoubtedly are has the effect Hhat should in all suck cases be desired,; therefore I consider, should the police authorities fail to exercise the vigilance which is necessary in putting down such a scandal and drag the offenders to justice, and rigidly enforce law* when they have them there, as they do in all other cases (and, indeed, often far less crime), that those who live within an audible distance of the horrible den should have a petition signed and presented to the authorities to" have them removed, as they are not only a nuisance to the place, but greatly vitiate the Value of one's property, should you be disposed to sell it.—l am, &c, A Would-be Neighbob.