WILFUL DESTRUCTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4530, 3 May 1889, Page 3

WILFUL DESTRUCTION.

10 THE EDITUK OF THE TISIARU BEKALI). i^IB, — Being also a victim to a considerable extent from having house property wantonly destroyed by a set of blackguards, I should have been belter pleased if, in your local noticing the Le Crcn'a Terraco afiuir, you had also remarked that tho same sort 'if thing goes on hII over tho town from year's end to year's end, and the po!ico never seem to he at hand to stop it, or catch tho boys in the act. I may etate (hut while the police keep up and down the Main Bond, ' and by no possible chance go into the side streets, it is not to be wondered at that house property is damaged to the extent that it. is. It is high time that a strong hand was raised to put a etop to this disgraceful state of things. If tho Bench of Justices would, when a case comes before them, mako tho parents of the boys pay hot, instead of indicting a email fine, and not, as in a previous ca3e brought before them, even have the fine paid, I think it would soon put on end to the annoyance, nnd also tend to improvo the moral character of the littlo rullians who delight in Buch miscbicf. By inserting the above, and also giving your helping hand in the matter in question, you will oblige-. I am, Xc , Winiiow Fanes. Timaru, May Ist.