INDECENT EXPOSURE.
3i», — I would call jour attention to (hicommon pr etice ot some of our young men, bathing in the iir<r so T.Jry i.tljit cent to dwellings situated near I lie river bank on either sid«. It is needless to comment on the skainelulness ot tl>e uc i id, and that too dequently commitii d at a rather l»te hour in ttie morning. I8I 8 u |.os«iblc there u no other pUoe on the nrer to bathe except within a stonethrow of private dwellings ? .r huTe not ih §p people time enough, when tl ey feel so inclined from a sttnatury mix ire or otherwise to a o further up or do*n the river ? 1 imagine ti.ey bare judging from the r daiiy occupations as seen by the public I hope you will use yjur lndupnce to put a stop to 'hu proceedin.', Ah'<h must appear to you, as it really v, disgrHoeful. — I am, Ac, ABO. [Tho matter rests entirely with ABC ami otlien. An app i-ation to Constuble Brown or Constable Haddock, as the c.«e may be, will f ecure for parties »o , flfending an oppertunily of explaining to the H M how it i> that thity omno' find mere suitable places or -hours for bathing. V^ehuTowo doubt that tueso officers will do thur duty if appealed to — Ed W T. j
Sir, — I woul t cill the attention of paienta and the public to the increasing nuisance created by the b>yi and young men at any (fathering held in Hamilton. 1 hii w ■ put down in Melbourne not lon since ty hating to give aeveral in charge, when it toon Hupped. I trust •uch harsh measures will not have 'o be taken here, hut if such conduct as w»n cirnedonin Oliueh last Sunday, by gome oor Bot them down in the far ornrr, continue.*, I hare no doubt it will be don«. If thi-t happens in Church again, 1 shall ink you to publmh I lie names of the offender* m tho Waikato Times A ■'ranger si' ling near those young gout einen lust nigh: would take away a niie ncoounf. of the inhabitants ot Hitnilton for allowiug such a thing.— l am, &c, URIP.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 690, 16 November 1876, Page 3
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369INDECENT EXPOSURE. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 690, 16 November 1876, Page 3
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