Police Protection
The important town of Feilding is lfifr \vitiiout pu.ice protectioa of any kiuil, nnd_ (•iviliaua have to ''swear themselves in " to do the work of const iibles. Feildinir contains a population of fully 1200 souls and it puiihtto be able to support a policemau without "out ruuniug the con-sta-'Oe." But the Folding policeman h>m- a district including fully, three thousand, inhabitants to attend to— a population nearly thrice as ( large); as that of the towu in which his headquHiters are situated, aud yet he has to-do the taking ; of the census, a work that niay . take him tliirty 'or forty miles away from; his station. WHe-has also -to-collect the : agricultural and P'Astorial statistica,' which involves lon<? abaencfts f rom ; home. ' What, we hiive^aid of Feilding" aiid, its policem'au^apriließ to many 1 other districts in the colony. The object of ; all this double and treble"-} anking is ;''skinflini''^economy. By "all means, let the police : d6.i work such as ; inspection of nuisaiiqes,. collectji.ug of dog-tax, etc. , wi tlnn^f he' smaUer bproiigiis. ;.", but it is utti^y_wrbng;t6 4 %h'unt".wprk on them that mjist_cauße. them;, to neglect' their p^ojperrdutiesf^lWeliingtpD . Press.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 127, 18 April 1891, Page 4
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187Police Protection Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 127, 18 April 1891, Page 4
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