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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 388, 4 January 1879, Page 2

The Thames Star of the 17th December, contains an article on Sub Inspector Bnllen who has been put in charge of the Force in Taranaki, from which we quote- the following:—“ There has gone from amongst ns to-day one of whom it nm r be said that he was ‘a terror to evil doers.’ if not ‘a praise to them that do well.’ We are uncertain about the correctness of the quotation, not having a Concordance at hand, but we believe that the sentiment will be endorsed by all the people of the Thames generally in reference to the removal of Mr SubInspector Pullen. He has been for the past eight in charge of the Police here, and during that time a very different state of things has prevailed to that which marked police administration before bis arrival. Without reflection on his predecessors it may be said that Ins allocation to this district was a signal for a marked change. Whereas a certain amount of disregard of the law and even the proprieties existed and were permitted passivelybefore Mr Bullen’s advent, since that time no flagrant outburst of intimidation or rioting lias been witnessed at elections, for instance ; everything has been done decently and in order. There has been no obnoxious exercise of the civil power, but a certain amount of firmness has been exhibited that kept down any attempts at coercion.” The New Zealander , in discussing the Chinese question, says, “It is in the direction of the alteration of treaties, we shall have to look for support in keeping out the Mongolian floods.”