To the Editor of the "Nort Carina Dany News."
Sm,—May I, through the medium of your influential columns, enter a strong protest against the dangerous custom now prevalent of firing off large quantities of crackers and bombs on the Bund when a prominent citizen leaves for home? who wan teaving by the Knglish Mail, in-Last night 1 drove a friend of mine,
to town 10 sev him off by, the P. tender and as we turned into the Bund from the Nanking Road we were saluted by such a terrific fusillade of crackers that my horse, art exceptionally quiet animal, was badly frightened and a serious accident was only just averted by the prompt action of myself und the number two mafoo. We were unable to approach the horse come way beck up the Nenkin jetty in the carriage and had to send the Road for safety and carry the - hand baggage as well as we could.
"citizen's friends must needs find an outlet for their exuberant joy at his departure cannot some more appropriate form ut demonstration, less dangerous to the public and more ing to the departing one, be found? Why not employ the money spent in idi lotion in the purchase of some small gift to be presented just before the departure of the ably it is sorrow net joy that the friends wish to ex] and they desire to appropriately celebrate the sad event sacrifice of as many human lives as possible. Suttee is abolished in India And the practice of human sacrifice now only lingers in the heart of the dark continent and must surely be out of place in the Model Settlement.
rt from the very serious risk of fatal carriage accidents caused by this barbarous form of rejoicing or sorrowing must be the feelings of those who live in the neighbourhood of the demonstration Invalids mast suffer agonies, children must be awakened from their sleep and perhaps seriously frightened, and residents who have gone to rest at a reasonable hour must be disturbed, in order that sufficient noise may be made to satisfy the claims of friendship.
And it would appear to be so easy to Pat 4 stop to this frequently reourriny outrage. Tha Manicipal Council have, believe, a regulation forbidding the use of fireworks and bombs within the Settlement limits, and they have only. to rigidly enforce this rule without Permitting soy exception and the nuisance is abolish
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