The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 236, 24 January 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1877.

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W« regret thai; the remarks whio'i r;c made m our columns with regard to the Police Force have not found favor trt certain quarters, and that consequently we Have tni<s ©orselves open to receive suc'v a »»vere aatt caustic rJiukt;. With ail rt•pact* however,. to t'.io hu,h, source t'ro;a whence the castration oor.i s, vre rur.y l.„ aHowed; to state- that owr runwwU.3 -,v,r* cpiatified,. atut we inertly put a supposititious case. We art! y,lad t'> ..ml tl af. as we supposed,, the ri;ni'->r was a <• ;..uu.■,/ with regard to the reduction ; still, uitic'i of the injustice of whic'i wo complaint tl yet remains. Tlu: Ohujo th*U.ij Tinu*.*, a journal usually reliable, and which spark s HO expense tt) p ouire t r « latest and un >st authentic information, in its hading columns of yesterday has an able-article upon the very nutation, arul from it it would appear that alt! onglt the cause may not lie reduction of pay—the new arrangements about to he brought into force, are of such anaka.ro as wilt I aw t e effect of compelling every otKcur of woi-f-h to» leave the service "We hear a rumor ongpoct authority that ali\ady\ since the appointment of Co'out I MortK. a propone! has besn made tt» tie nun of our Force here to come undt r the Amu d (Jonstabulary Act of ISGT, and thty t.ave betn informed; that unless they c! oose this thty will W allowed reasons; tie time to sec Is. other employment. Anything eoohr or more injudicious than this wo have never heard. It means the simple dislsuvdment of ottr old Force. Either it.-* members must one after cnol-htr leave the service for which their txperhnee t.es titUd tUm admirably,, or they must begin their er*e«sr again tindev the of tl:v I* •,lg that new regulation*, new arratvelents, and new terms of eompt nsafctou 1W accepted. such an altiTu staring them in the face. if. is ju-f .bl'o the parties materially aileeted m.ij tottreat the matter with the same nmouuC »f MiMf fwUtas exhibited by the fovt-rs »>f ..ntralism, tmr vt T<» tlu ru it. my he of snttieien-t importance not only o speak about and write about, luit also- » act upon.