C. D. ACT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7005, 30 April 1884, Page 3

C. D. ACT.

TC THK EDITOR. Sie, —The proprietor of one of our small " weak lies" has the following in hie columns : —" Weigh not so much what men assert as whet they prove." Would it noii as w«ll he and the opponents of the above Act were to practice what they preach ? At the present time this law is doing good service. It is clearing our streete, and gradually reducing an admitted but necessary evil to a minimum, yet (or am er of sentiment, for it can be for no other feeling, some well-meaning gentlemen are determined to put another and reckless c-Jcnring to the action of * v «»»e who have had and still hare, but one jot in view, to finnly and silently deal with an aK-nination (it is admitted by the

police that the evil tnffio is now greatly leerened), yet they will not let well alone, but in the name of religion (alu for Obmtuai oharjty 1) are Meking to embarraa and render inoperative a measure that u doiag rta work well and unobtrusively. Exaggerated statements, not having a tittle of troth, are industriously promulgated, with what object it i> hard to com prebend, bat in the minds of all practical sensible men it is seeking to undo that which is necessary, useful, and ia consistent with the tenets of true religion.— I am* *c., ViATOU.