THE C.D ACT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 300, 18 December 1895, Page 2

THE C.D ACT.

(To the Editor).

Siß,_The vote of tho City Council last week, and the inquiries now being made by the Legal Committee of thah body, imply that; tho re-imposition of the CD. Act is regarded by the authorities aa an open question. Ycu, sir, have, often and clearly, pointed out that tho enforcement of the Act above named means increased itnmorality ; that it leads infallibly to oppression of working women and girls. Oflicia! statistics now show that, in apite of official preconceived ideas, tho Act, as a sanitary measure, is worse than a failure, whilo it must not be forgotten that its execution involves additional burdens on those who pay rates. _ Surely the ratepayers of Auckland will rise >n holy indignation against this dallying with an evil thing. By personal interview with members of the Council, by letters, by petitions, let those who lovo righteousness make thsir representatives know that what Mra Bramwell Booth calls tihia "masterpiece of Satan" will nob be tolerated in this city.

The Society of Frieada in England have sent an appeal to Christian ministers in this colony to resist this wicked law. From the Wo3ieyan Social Purity Committee in London and from the homes of working minera in Northumberland come warnings and protests again3t tho leading in this direction of the Auckland Liberal Women. Christian England ia watching us. Shall wo accept again the disgrace of being the only city iv the British Empire which taxes its inhabitants in order to try to ruaKe it eafo for men to am I —l am, etc., W. Sxii ADMAN ALMS. (To the Editor.) Sir, —Ab the Superintendent of the late Rescue Homo in Albert-streob, who resumed tho work on Airs Hutchinson'a retiring, I wish to say that lean entirely rafufce the statement made by Mr Prime at the Wesloyan Synod on Monday re the efface of the CD. Act in clearing the Btreetß and suppressing juvenile prostitution. lam in a position to say lhab whilo the Act was in force tho streets were frequented by throngs of joung girls, who were guilty of immoral practices. There were also denß of them in all directions which I had occasion to visit in carrying on the rescue work. I speak that which I know, as one who ws.s engaged nightly in working among tlieeo girls. It. was in consequence of my experiences then, and ot the pernicious effects of the system of licensing vice, that I took an active part in promoting petitions to secure the repeal of the Acb. — 1 am, etc., Hestbh Lid dell.