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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11825, 23 November 1901, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

We-ifl not resp«n^ble for t»iM*piexpressed by correspondents. -as of good faith, must be enclosed in c the letter. nnjOjinOT ' * • POWCE PROTECTION. ..^To. tte CJ EdiC^J.p ;. Sir, — Having" ocoasiw wMtequire 8 policeman last'l hursday night, T wandered up the stree^aitfarou'tfteiiE^t office and hen to the Police Station in the hope that I should find one-of the officers, but. -atepayers, take nbte :l there was no one in chains there, and ru* one to /ba- found n StreßT^duty upTO&Wnd, so a**wa)ked n lar as th^Ke.d House corner, a and even oi matioh"! tjoula learn wa« intft a police onan was seen by the Theatre Royal it out mo hours ago, which was poor consolation to rap atthe t^ne. Now, Sir. ! took the trouble 4o findhkit who was on duty that night, and you will hardly believe it when I tell—you that the whole town was guarded by one' officer only. piwi*n.! Vmtfr,* ' crack a crib " or do a nice little murder, they would qnTj*h%vjftHojf Atoijtjb^ policeman jjo by and then know they would be *afie for about two hours. Such a thing is a public disgrace and surely cah&ot bf kuowJiV The policemen we haveare^a really smar'not of meti, and I-b^Ve every oofifidtenoe in tti6m.n>yßel|, istk however wiflingvand effident t^eyari&f^o^pne man can do: justicejlo hitpiilf or y^^tKe^town v?\Qi the.b^given ; h^T--4tV v ft«^Hght as long jft-i^l goes right, but let myltorfg |o wro,ng and toen weahould-hear, '" l^Lo woulct.inave thought itij" my profession prefer "fh'ere should.be' no men in blue at all— but luck is ageh us?*Tata, &c, . ,- „ " $*-' • '•>,- . The Enterprise o.Bufe iljlk.