THE VAGABOND INFLUX.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent)
WELLINGTON, Thursday. ''
During the hearing of a charge vagrancy preferred against a young man at the Police Court this morning ChiefDetective McGrath declared that therewere many bad characters- in town at present, and he did not know whether he ever saw more thieves and spielers in the city. On reliable authority I am' told- that every boat from Australia.brings fu__her reinforcements to the ranks of the vagabonds, notwithstanding the denial of the police to the contrary. The newcomers are not backward in yrv~ claiming the fact either. At the bar of a city hotel on Wednesday one of the pest was recounting his exploits in Sydney. Said he: "Mc trad my mates wanted a change, so we sailed over to this blooming country in hopes of havhV ' * . allright time and nicken somethin' good. Questioned as to the whereabouts of his mates, the man replied that they were coming by another vessel. The races always brings an army of 'thieves, etc, to the city, but they do not account for the number in Wellington just noW-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 96, 22 April 1904, Page 4
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