THE POLICEMAN.
A STORY IN PARLIAMENT. • The story of an appointment to tho police force was told in Parliament yesterday by Mr. T. M. Wilford, member" for Hutt. N Mr. Wilford paid that a young man of good physique had called on him, and had asked if Mr. Wiliord could get him into the police forco. After having made inquiries, the member for Hutt had recommended the man, and the man had Sot an appointment. A, few davs later the sub-inspector nf police, had mot Mr. Wilford in the street, and h:<d ".My word, Mr. Wilford, if you haveanv more men like that send them along ri»h't away." " Tho sub-inspector had described tho man as one of the smartest fellows wlio had joined tlio forcc for sor:o time. Three weeks later an Australian Gazette had eomo to band, and tho publication contained a photograph of the nowlvappointed policeman, who, it stated, had boon convicted of embezzlement. The attention of on the look-out for bargains is directed to Seatou's cutrate sale, 27 Willis Street.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1533, 31 August 1912, Page 4
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173THE POLICEMAN. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1533, 31 August 1912, Page 4
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