CORRESPONDENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19, 4 June 1868, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

* to Tnio nwron ov Tim btajw rSitt,— Will you allow mo ft npneo in yonr jdUPHttl foi 1 o. tow remarks on ilio roport of a oli/u'go in your columns, brouglit n^afnnt Mr Martin, of tlio Dluck 11 or ho Inn, Lincoln road. It appoarn that lil» llcciiho \v,\h not allowod on tlio rogulnr HoonHln« duy, but «ljourncd to unotlior day, tlio complaint fitfalust him being that ho had been (tolling drink to lunatics after proper hours. 1 was iiHtonlrthcd to hour oil tlita cli^f^e, and think that Mr Martin would not hnvo dono ho if, h<> know that lio Wkb fllli/ip for luiiiUk'.fl. I think tlio mnglßtrato wm not <!()iiv I need tlio clmrgo was truo, a» ho nltowod ilio HuoiißO ngaln to Mr Martin, 1 think tho police, iiwtoiwl of trying to muko such ohurgcH, would bo bettor employed If llioy woul<l endeavour to put a stop to tho (Ungraceful conduct ol Homo oC tho purtied who go up to tho Any him to givu ontcrtalnmonts to tlio lumUk'.i as iliny go homo to ChrUtchurch after tlio performanccn aro over, I have livod on Lincoln road for boiho yoars. and must say that beforo the«o ontcrtninmontn bcKim I could onjoy proper rcfltj but now, on thcue nlglitw, I am wolto up nt all houw from twelve to three by tho coaruo Honga and vllo lnngnngo of Mono who havo been to profess to do good to their afflicted fellow creatures. Doca tho Government allow these parties a horm; and tra)) In return for their servlcou? If Uu-y do, they had better toll tho policoiuen to see that tho hor6O Ih not allowod to drag such heavy loitdflas It ofton does. I do not writo m favour of Mr Martin, as I must say f oarc littlo for public housoH) but I wri(p on behalf of mimy inhabitftnts on tho Lincoln road, and against cruelty to animals. Many inhabitants will boar mo out In what I now say, and would bo Rind if theso remarks may havo any o/tcot on tho rowdy folks who go to tho Asylum, who sometimes «eem to li« an muoh out oC tliclr senses as those they go to amuac, Your obedient servant, A LOVBtt OP PAIRPLA.Y. ■ . ■