AUCKLAND'S POLICE FORCE STRENGTHENED
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AUCKLAND, July 12. j j Fifleen muv cv,nstables to reinl'orcej j tlie strength of tlie Auckland Centra' | j Police Station will arrive from Wel j j lington tomorrow morning. They are I two-lhirds of tlie total nuniber of re- ! cruits who have been nndergoing a j course of instruction at the Police i training diqiot. Newtown, and will proj vide some measure of relief at the • station wliicii luis lie'en understall'ed | 1'or niany nionths. The reinforcements | are ]>art of the lirst draft of 25 nien to be trained in the depot whicli opened i 011 May 3 afttT being closed since 193U. Owing to tlie urgent need for the force to be st rengthened as soon as possilile, they have been given two nionths' instruction before passing out I insteatl of tliree nionths as before tlie • war. Tlie Coinniissioner of Police, Mr. I J. Ciiiniiiings, said tlie men alrcady had had beal duty 011 tlie strects in Wellington in conjunction witli the course. Anotlier draft of 25 recruits w*ould go ' into tlie depot early next weelv.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1946, Page 7
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