FOUL-MOUTHED BRUTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 12, 16 November 1907, Page 6

FOUL-MOUTHED BRUTES.

The Manchester-stteet Bridge Push.

-Some time ' back allusion was made m this column to the larrikins, that infest the Manchester-street bridge m Christchurch. especially on Sunday nights. They ate a' nuisance aiid a moral pest, and blackguards,"" arid everything that.; is nauseous, and deserve- the jug. • One blasted larrikin wouldn't dare make remarks to ■■_ a couple^ single or married, who happened to pass by oyer that .bridge, but when a number are together they, are fearless and make what scandalbus, obscene remarks they like, f And there is no one to say nay. Last Sunday night a -well-known barmjan •m the 'jcity was walking, along with a lady, when a trio of dirty snouts made most insulting observations after the couple had' passed. These •'were naturally heard, and' it , was intended by the foul-mouthed brutes •that they should be. The lady heard it, of course, and when : hex ;-.- companion turned round to confront them she sought to restrain Ms. arm. But he broke away and biffed a scally<wag m the face, and no doubtr as • "Paddy" is a good puncher it did a lot of good. But it was a case of three on to one, and the lady's gent had a couple of hits put on to him. Had he manaul to have caught hold* of - :.-■■/■ ■■>■_■■ -'■', ONE OF THE BASE BEAUTIES and pitched him over the rails into •the river, no harm would have been done whatever. The others would have cleared as fast as 'Frisco did when he won the Cup. But he unfortunately didn't get the opportunity^ Things were sudden. . But be that as' it may, why should .these awful (larrikins, with the . cheek, of the devil, and the tongue of a prohibitionist, and no parents worth mentioning, be allowed to " stand on the Manchester-street bridge and make remarks about respectable people" of' a loud, lewd, obscene and lecherous nature ? li i.s scandalous— positively scandalous— and the police should take cognisance ofthe. fact. -There are many places outside the principal streets , of \.the city where this sorb 0f., -business is carried on by evil, : dirty-mihded brutes with whom ho decent female would have anything to do '; but they are neglected by the police authorities, and decent poople are insulted with impunity, because there •is nobody about to .whom to complain.