Correspondence.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3494, 25 April 1890, Page 2

Correspondence.

Larnkimsm Again.

[To the Editor,] Sir,—ln another letter, characterised if possible by a greater want of judgment than his first," Pair Play" expresses surprise that" tinkettlers" should commit the offences ho mentions, He oan discover no, connection between crime and beating " old kerosene tins." Itisovidenthe has not read the" ouriosities of crime" or he would know that some of the most noted criminals haye had a taste for music There is nothing in your correspondents letter worthy of notice except an Irish Bull," why do not the police catch them breaking into an omptu house andstealingits conlenlt," Ho admits, however, that the police have taken a step in the right direction. That being, so, it matters little which end they begin at, There are various modes of suppressing and detecting crime, and "Fair Play" will show more discretion and sense if he lays down his pan and leaves the pojicq to take the'next stpp, ' I am, &o„ Pwvi'Aiß. [This correspondence must now olose, -Ed.-0,1

The Labour Agitation. ■ London, April 22. The Liverpool dockers have requested Mr T. P. O'l'onnor to resign, alleging that he has shown a want of sympathy with the strikers, Washington, April 22. The laborers of New York will take part in the Socialist parade in May, Pirns,, April 1?. • Parades <uid meetings in Paris have bee.h forbidden, and arrangements are being made to hold indoor demonstrations,

(JniOAqo, April 28. Seventy thousand laborers will parade the streets on May Ist, ailyoi oatlng eight hours of labour, OnRiaioHOEOH, April 28, The trouble between the Bailway officials and the men at Lyttleton seems unsettled, as some casual hands dismissed have not been re-instated. The Wharf Laborers' Union waited On the officials, qnd onenian has been told tp return \o work. Auckland April 2J. Five tailorosses haye gone 'p'ftpsif strike from the employ of Collie and Self, who refused to pay them according to the Danodin fog, stating that .they would rather employ men than wal'ethiewuwHjon,