RAID ON THE BABIES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4197, 26 January 1871, Page 2

RAID ON THE BABIES.

Duktng the very hot weather which has existed for some time past, a practice has | "become so coTtfirnraa^aY^fe^mfwsr^^^-'sJß^rfe ' is a likelihood that the rough hand of the I policeman will have to put a stop to it. Many , people have made complaints to the police J owing to the way the footpaths in our prin* cipal thoroughfares are crowded in the busiest part of the day with perambulators containing babies. The Municipal Police Act makes such practice a punishable offence by imposing a fine of £10 and coats, or an alterna« ' tive of three months' imprisonment. The following ia the wording of sub-section 3 of section sof the Act : — " Leading or riding any horse or other animal, or drawing, wheeling, or driving any cart, carriage, sledge, truck, harrow, or other thing, upon any footpath," shall i c liable to the above punishment. It may not be generally known that the Act in question gives any constable, with or without a warrant, power to at rest any person offending against the above clause. It has been owing to the forbearance of the police that an eats have not been made hitherto. Nurses and servant-girls, and even mothers going out with perambulators, should keep the above clause before their eyes, if appearing »t the Police Court, with, baby and perambulator, to answer a charge of a breach of the municipal law be a matter which hag *ny terrors for ttltlSk