THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE LAW.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19770, 7 November 1929, Page 13

THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE LAW.

t-> rm* aorraa c* rwa rasa*. Sir,—On* reads again «< a private fcdmdoai being fined this tme in Eltham —for using hw on ; foadaya for paaaenger (light.*, for pet- . Ti*« gjMB- There are constantly pro. aaeutkm* nf private indindiwli fol- | iuwtng their ctflmg on the iiaiiday, ; •mi ako numerous protest* a* to the I gTWiag t#p«l«r!ry ijf the Continental mmri*?. The pwnt f wwh to mak* is ihts—*>*t wh:!«« personally 1 think we cii.n well Ho without the Continental Sunday, y«»t there is a mwh «nr* «v;i growing in our midst, and that >.« that !aw.i arc b»«nj} made and enforced •4a: r.*t the individual wfiich do not appij t<> Governmental Dtparcmenti. One ind.s, for instance, that the Mmnt*r foe Railway* says that railway k -aruona oo Sunday are justifiable. k-T* a« pr<>i !* demand them, and for r'»oo« purpdfcca. Likewue, thn t';cy is •x-TriMAf a reasonable power • prorrmcnons and distinctly unsightly advertising hoarding*, yet V «»y ar« politely told by the Minister tt'jr, advert«sing is an art m far as the railways arc concern- i. and necessary for revenue purThe attitude of th«« fioTfrn■wnt {)•[•.'i-rm».nt» t» becoming too aitocratic wrul unjist. What is joatiftakie foe the on# 1* equally jnsti&ahle far tl» other, aad it b*bov*» the rom*i«B»ity to see that justice is don® in nab matter*. or a much worse evil tltaa the Continental Sunday is before as. Tfmgb, u I have alfeady said. I taaaoe m« the need ot a Continental Sunday, it is stil! obvious that while 4a wealthy are allowed their tennis attflotf on Sundays (whether hidden I m ia fnl! view, - rotate' * b«t little). aitafr the leas fortunate individual •hanid not be restricted in their p!e»«w. The Government Departments *f* in «*h a position that they set tie pare in aocii matters, and "it is itfh time Autocratic government referred a check and that justice way •OUa placed in it* rightful pcmitioa j m th« anppoeediv democratic rountry. . WV. even certain members of o»ir | Council are apparently #>•*§ about in fear of their lives, ac•wrttnag to utterance* recorded in today 1 r*a»« and d«ww on« wonder •hen this Fa w< ridden country is' h«v WiiH **» autocrat i<- ' The remedy pwely ia teas laws and more jostiee-. lewrs, arte., JUSTICE. w«*w»ber «th. 1 Sr?T>.