REEFTON LARRIKINS.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 79, 19 February 1877, Page 2

REEFTON LARRIKINS.

■ [TO THE EDITOR I2UN.GA.OTJA TIMES.] Sib, — I wish to call the attention of the authorities to a species of depredations carried on by the boys of lieefton, which ought certainly be {,ut a stop to by the strong arm of the law. I allude to the robbery o£ our fruit gardens. AIL through the summer season the gardens containing fruit have been systematically plundered by gangs of boys, who make tbeir way over the fences during tbe night, and not only devour and carry away every vestige of fruit, but break down and destroy more than twice the value of the fruit. Many of the residents have takan all sorts of precautions against the intrusion of the young thieves, but still their vigilance is insufficient to protect them. I hope, therefore, that schoolmasters, parents, and lastly, and certainly not least, the police, will turn their united attention to j the suppression of this vice in tbe rising generation, and thereby confer a great blessing upon all those who have managed at great expense and trouble to provide themselves with cottage gardens. Apologising for thus trespassing upon your space, I am, sir, Yours, &c, A Long Sttffeber. Beefton, February 17th, 1877.