The New Commissioner of Police.

Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1903, Page 3

The New Commissioner of Police.

Chief Inspector Dinnie, of the Criminal Investigation Department, Scotland Yard, who has been appointed Commissioner «f Police for New Zealand in succession to Mr Tunbridge hastened), joined the department some twenty years ago as clerk of the executebranch. In 1879 he was transfattfid to the .telegraph department, and avear later took up the position of detective clerk. By sheer hard ' work and merit be worked bis way to So front, and for the past twelve years S bw given special attention to bank-

note forgeries. Only recently Mr Finnic returned to London from Capetown in company with Detective Inspector Davidson, bringing back Hyman Bernstein, a brother of Philip Bernstein, who had been previously sentenced to twenty years’ penal servitude for the iorgery of Bank of Eng l land notes. In this offence it was allege*! Hyman Bernstein was implicated, and he was arrested before landing at the Cape, whither he had absconded from London, taking with him forged notes to the value of many thousands of pounds. As a result of Mr Dinnie's investigations, about twenty persons, all Russian Jews, implicated in the forgeries, have been sent to penal servitude. Mr Dinnie is about fifty years of age, and on retiring from the detective service he will be entitled - to a substantial pension.— Post.