A NUISANCE.
To the Editor of the Dailt Southern Cross. Sib, — I am the owner of a house which has unfortunately, from the baduess of the timei, been unoccupied for some time past. Tiwre being a apacioua door-way and verand*h, •number oflwys, ofvftrioui agci,Mieiftble
nightly, smoking, using language of the vilest nature, and leaving the place in a dirty state. B v the Vagrant Act a person (perhaps without the means of procuring a bed) sleeping in empty buildings is liable to imprisonment. These boys, of whom I complain, have been time after time requested to leave off congregating in my doorway, but I am met with nothing but oon tempt ; and even the police cannot prevent the nuisance. I cannot but be of opinion that a portion of ' the fires in this city have their origin through boys smoking in, or under, empty houses. It would be worth while, I think, if the insurance offices would look a little into the business. Excuse my troubling you. - 1 am, &c, Domus. November 21, 1867.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3230, 22 November 1867, Page 5
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174A NUISANCE. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3230, 22 November 1867, Page 5
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