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Southland Times, Issue 19458, 23 January 1925, Page 7

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tetters mn«t be written In ink and on one aide of the paper. Unless a cignature, not necessarily for publication, aceompanlea a letter M a guarantee of good faith it will not be oonaldered. An asterisk attached to the cignature to a published letter denotes that some portion has been deleted by the Editor, a right vhich la exercised in Questions of public policy, libel, good taste and fair play. WEDNESDAY’S POLICE COURT CONVICTIONS. To the Editor. Sir, —I am in the habit of sending your valued paper to my friends in the Home Country. The result is that they have a very favourable opinion of our town and its citizens. Yesterday’s .issue, however, somewhat staggers me, and I positively refuse to post it—with its vast catalogue of criminals —to any area outside the Limehouse district of London. The fact that thirty—or was it three hundred?—(being busy, I asked my typist to do the counting) citizens were convicted suggests a question. Are the Police over-active, or are we overlegislated? Being a motor-car 1 owner, I feel reasonably sure it will be my turn next, and as I do not know, and have no means of knowing fully, the various rules as to parking, turning, etc., what am I to do? Could the traffic inspector be persuaded to give us a lecture on the various by-laws governing motor traffic? By the way, if the above prosecutions are due to over-activity on the part of the Police, do you think, sir, that it would be safe for me to attend the Burns’ Aniversary meeting to-night? I had looked forward to rather a jolly evening with my fellow Scots. —I am, etc., ABSORBED. January 23 [The Police are to be commended for their activity in bringing the motorists into line. The ever-increasing number of accidents demonstrates the absolute need for the drastic regulation of this traffic.—Ed., S.T.]