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RESIGNATION OF MR TUNBRIDGE.

(SPECm TO "188 FHES3."} WELLINGTON, January 29The announcement of the resignation of Mr Tunbridge, CornmwMoner of Police, was made here this morning, and gc-nsral regnt was expressed thereai. Rumours are in the air to the effect tliat the resignation is due to Ministerial interference) with the working of ihre Department, but. I kern from Mr Tunbridgc himself that it is principally on t-lie ground of ill-health that he has decided to relinquish woik. He will probably have to undergo a miner operation at no very di«O»bt d-nte. During his term of onVe Mr Tnnbridge ban praoticaJ.v. rrorganwd the Po.ioe Department of New Zealand. The men in the lorcc are now on the whole a better class than they were goms yrars ago, and the system of examij»<tinn which he, introduced was much preferable to the old regime in which political inflitE-nce was brought to bear to a large extent, boih in the appointment and tha proirxrt-ton of the men. To Mr Tunbridjj? miut also be given the credit for the •ertablishmortf- of M»-j Police Provident Fundi on n round n-nd rn-iinanent basis. The jßTjaeni jjoKition cf this fund is most tfatiafactory. Mr Tucbridge came out to the colony for a term of five years, and he has mow twn more than that time in office. He hopes to leav;- finally on the 31st March.

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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11495, 30 January 1903, Page 6

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RESIGNATION OF MR TUNBRIDGE. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11495, 30 January 1903, Page 6

RESIGNATION OF MR TUNBRIDGE. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11495, 30 January 1903, Page 6

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