LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Sir, —It has been said that because they spend their lives in acquiring property, men think hardly of offences against it, while women, who spend their lives bringing children into the world and training them, consider offences against life and limb the greater sin. An example of the former has been seen in the Police Court lately. A woman was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment without the option for theft. It is freely admitted that ther.o is no greater menace to life and limb on our roads to-day than the drunkenmmotorr r ist. A few months ago, a man was fined £SO for being found drunk in charge of a car in Queen Street. Most women will agree with me that the latter offence was far greater than that of the woman who was imprisoned for 14 days. Another "Woman.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19417, 27 August 1926, Page 8
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