Sunday Trading.
(To the Editor.) Sir, — lie Sunday trading, a letter signed " Fair Play " in answer to mine of the 18th inst. caused me considerable amusement. He tells us he is an uninterested party, and yet he found it his duty to make inquiries. Well really, now, if he is so uninterested I fail to see why it should be his particular duty, and so conclude that he must be interested in some way or other. It is amusing to note that while he attempts to take all blame oft" the police officers and hotelkeepers of Hastings, he levels the same charge at the Napier police and hotelkeepers. I would ask " Fair Play " if he is certain that the man he alludes to is the same man I alluded to on the 18th. He will be surprised to hear that the one I am referring to does not come froin Napier. He will perhaps be still more surprised to hear that although I only referred to one, three others were seen on the same night who appeared to have had a little more than what was good for them. If it is true that men arrive in Hastings on Sundays in a state of intoxication and remain on the streets till half-past nine o'clock at night, then I say the police are neglecting their duty by nqfc taking them off the streets.—l anij &c„ Angus* 21,1890,
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Hastings Standard, Issue 101, 22 August 1896, Page 2
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236Sunday Trading. Hastings Standard, Issue 101, 22 August 1896, Page 2
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