PRISON GATE HOMES.
ISLAND BAY RESIDENTS PROTEST. By Telegraph—Press Association. | WELLINGTON, October 6. A largely attended meeting of Island Bay residents and property- I owners to-night passed a resolution j protesting against the proposal of ' the Salvation Army to establish a j Prison Gate Home in that suburb. I A deputation was appointed to* i wait on the city Council. | Among the speakers was Mr Justice j Edwards. He aaid be «as the pioneer ! resident of Island Bay. The only roof j he could call his own was ihtre. j Women and children Would not feel safe if the establishment proposed was set up, unless the Army undertook to send a brigade to protect the population, or the police force was greatly increased. He recognised the Army was doing noble work, but at thejsame time the respectable portion of the community mist be con- j sidered. i
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9614, 7 October 1909, Page 5
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147PRISON GATE HOMES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9614, 7 October 1909, Page 5
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