"THE CAT" WANTED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 14

"THE CAT" WANTED.

: .Sir,—Through ytJur paper : I wish to draw .tho pnblio's attention to the amount' oi 1 that is -beingr.committed in the ' largo towns of the Dominion. There is hardly a day passes tat wo Tead of somo outrago being, cominitted, - especially .on women and children, and if .tho criminal is caught ho is sentenced to five to seven years' "hard labour." I don't see whero the hard labour, comes in. . *'"Now, - sir;--as'n citizon of Now Zealand, and an upholder of justico and honour, 1 think >that ,it;-is.- ,time. that the; - oat was brought into us 9 .again,.- And I. am, sure that after--, it.'has b«m" ;used? two or' three times, crime " will - begin-to' : decreaso;; Yeats 'ago, when JosticoUawkins 'was alive, there was a great: deal of' crime happening in the town of Liverpool, England, and it seemed as it it woro going to continue, so he was sent up to Liverpool to try and put a stop to it. 110 managed it, in abont two months, and "the cat" was his instrument. \There' is not' the slightest doubt that if sWict measures are .not taken to put down tho crime, that is happening in New Zealand, every man -will have to go abont armed with a .revolver, so that ho can defend himself should he be. attacked at night, and. as for 'women: and. children;'it Jwill' not, be safe for them .to bo ont at all. Now, .sir, I make my appeal to tho men of New: Zealand, that -it is time: that "tho cat" was brought into use to put a stop to these crimes', that are being committed . every, day, so that ouf women and children shall bo safe from assault and outrage. jl'Hianlring you .for the spaco that this/letter may take up in 1 your valuable' paper, and , hoping' that the press wdl seo.its'Way clear to holp to put .down tho, crimea' that are' happening "in New Zealand,—l/am, otc., JUSTICE AND HONOUR .. Lyttolton, April 26.