LARRIKINISM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 918, 5 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

LARRIKINISM.

(To the Editor Waikarapa Daily.) Carterton, Nov. 1. Sin,—About the time Copstable Evans was removed from here I Baw there was a strong petition sent in'fothe Government for his being retained in the district, and.l think justifiably so, as he had taken'strenuous measures to put down furious riding'and the larrikinism that was so prevalent during the time of his predecessor. I suppose as that petition was treated with contempt, the Police Commissioner thought he had a better man to send to the front in the person of our present constable, and so far as ,tho public houses are concerned he undoubtedly is so, as he went round to .thorn no less than four time 3 on Sunday last to see they had closed doors and none but legitimate customers. Butfor three hours on Sunday afternoon the martial ardor prevailing in the- district evidently led people to believe they were in the environs of Paris after High Mass had been celebrated, as a series of foot races took place in a paddock near the main road. These the constable was not aware.of, but some one very near and who could not have failed to hear the tumult incident thereto, this morning laid informations against several small children, none of whom wero over ten years of age, for stealing gooseberries, valued at sixpence, from a desolate garden in the rear of the paddock where the athletic sports weie being carried on, and to which they had been drawn by the shouts of the competitors and their supporters. If the constable at present in Carterton requires a perambulator for the use of the children who may be given into his charge, I and the other ladies of the township will willingly make his present informer Secretary of a Carterton Ladies' Committee for that purpose, if he will attend the first meeting. Meantime I think it would be better if the party from whom the constable receired the information turned his attention to the misdeeds of those who, being of mature age, knowing right from wrong, can be deemed culpable, rather than handing over children to the police, who uaturally,being of tender age,took a few gooseberries off a tree when they found themselves near it The constable's informant probably knew he was safe with small children, but thought if he had gone for the senior delinquents he would have met with what he deserves —n good hiding. Yours, &c, Sabbath.