CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9257, 20 July 1893, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.

Mr. R. G. Hawes, of Northcote, writes a long letter oil the reformation of fallen women. He refers to recent scenes at the Police Court, when numbers of women were fined for keeping houses of ill-fame. He thinks that in many cases the public schools are responsible for much of the social evil, and that there should be separate schools for boys and girls._ The schools teach neither religion nor morality. Mr. Hawes urges that; instead of sending missions to the heathen, we ought to endeavour to reclaim girls who are on the verge of a life of vice. "Duke Humphry" thinks the Harbour Board ought to pay more attention to the coasting steamers that ply to our harbour. He says that these steamers have frequently to depend on hand-cart men or cab-drivers to take their moorings on arrival. " Robinson Crusoe " says that Mr. .lackson Palmer is reported to "have said that the principle of shutting out strangers is sound and just, but if so we must apply it all round, and keep out all lumpers sailors, doctors, journalists, etc. He thinks such principles opposed to our religion. Mr. H. Foster, Kawakawa, condemns the action of the clergymen who signed the letter to the Bishop against the clergyman who avowed his sympathies with Theosophy. "Country Gosling'' refers to the lata murder in Sydney by a gang of larrikins, and says that some of our public leaders are pandering to a dangerous spirit. The Premier attacks the Railway Commissioner* in order to get votes : the Gumdiggers' Coinmission is to please a class. He thinks it a pity that Mr. Withy should sacrifice Ilia political prospects for a theory that can never become a reality, and give encouragement to a needy class of political adventurers and social agitators. Mr. A. Weiijperfc, of Cook-street, calls the attention of the police to " the specimens of flaunting vice" to be seen in the vicinity of the junction of Albert and Cook-streets. They are a great annoyance to the respectable j residents of the neighbourhood. I