ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 362, 21 June 1877, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

BOARDING-HOUSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAl| Sir,—ln a late issue of the North Q Times I notice a 'e ter on the above i ject over tho signature of " Tobias ;"i in another column the Municipal Con are reported to have received from Colonal Secretary's oflico the bye-1 passed by them under the Common Lo ing-houses Ordinance, 18G2, and Anio ment Ordinance, 18G4, with the Govern assent endorsed thereon." It was j resolved that the fact of these byc-!i being in operation should bo notified advertisement, and that all keepers common lodging - houses should be quired to register their premises in to of the Ordinance before tho end of t month.

So far, so good. But, as " Toll? points out in his letter, the boardi houses, alias sly-grog-shops, alias dem thieves, are not open to the general p lie, anil therefore do not come under head of common lodging-houses. T are chiefly private, and their owners wo as soon think of flying as of volunk putting themselves under the surveillt of the police by being registered uii any ordinance. Many of them will j a man his board free, so long as he spe money on drink. While under the fluence of the vile decoctions they his appetite is not healthy, and as to I anything will do for him. Give hit blanket and a skinful of his favou liquor, and, like Tarn O'Shanter, ho be "o'er the ills of life victorious,"i very few minutes. Is there no remedy for this? can thing he done to root out these pli from Oamaru, so that working-men ( do we not all come within that categoi can have decent accommodation at a price, without tiem being under the cessity of either drinking themselves being annoyed by, and having to ) second fiddle to, those who do I Tais is a problem which it is harJ solve, but there must be a solution so where, and I sincerely trust it will found before "on or before the 39th of June instant," otherwise the Ordiif will be a dead letter, and the tow' Oamaru remain as it is at present iii rispect, a disgrace to the Colony, ; where laws are as easily broken .ia-il are strictly made. Hoping some of your subscribers t be able to see a way out of this di/lieul and give the public the benefit ther thi'ough your columns, I am itc., IsHMAELITE