THE SIGHTS OF LONDON.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 7

THE SIGHTS OF LONDON.

' impressions' of two new ' \ ZEALANDERS. (BJ TELEGEAPn.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) , Christchuroli, Jimo 11. • Detectives' Eado and Kennedy, who havn just returned from their visit to London in connection with . Mrs. , Robinson,- of Dr'uce; case celebrity, have duly ulidergoiiSitho pro- ; of being interviewed by.the. local papers. : The .detectives fdund _ that, Vfroni' their' pro-. fessional 1 - point 'of .".-vieyv,'.; New... Zeajand; is ahead of London in one'particula^,' find thai ivas in-regard to vagrants.' Under tho Non : Zealand law a person consorting with bad !. characters could bo taken into custody, but not so in London: ' i- ■ "If such, an J Act existed," remarked ono detective, "they would have their gaols full in a week, but it would do good." \ '-■ '' The London street scenes were most in- ■ teresting to tho Now Zealanders,'especially Petticoat Lane. The'oecuiiants bf the [shops: were a very rough-looking crowd, and lit was., unsafe for.anyono to' visit this, locality-ex-cept in company with a police officcr. It was 1 , quite .'trub' ''that'a person could lose n dog at ono end, fend it would be sold to him . at tho other." .A gentleman who was accompanying the had., a camera in a case which ' Was in; .perfect condition when ho entered ..the lane,/but;" on "examining it . later on, it was. found that an attempt had' beon made to steal it by cutting tho caso. .■ :

k! "Wonderland' '• a 150,,, provided- ;amusement. This wis- a placo oxclusrirely for boxing, and couple after couplo climbed „on to tho. stago to fight for, anything . from their Sunday dinner upwards. Tho ; visitors • went- to, .the, ■Anglo-French Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush,' which had not ■ then been opened, but; from .what they. saw they loyally declare that the recent Christchurch exhibition compared more than favourably with' it. Tho' approaches ,wero not so pretty, and, oiving to tho limited ground space, there-was no room for beautiful landscapo effects such as wero obtainable in Christchurch. . ,