ONE HECTIC WEEK

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 285, 27 July 1932, Page 4

ONE HECTIC WEEK

(A. and N.Z. Cahles.)

NOVEL EXPERIENCE POLICEMAN HAS JOB WHICH VERY MANY WOULD ENVY. MILLIONAIRE FOR A WEEK.

SYDNEY, Saturday From plainclothes policenian to millionaire, is a pretty rapid transfoi*mation, but Gonstahle H. D. ("Bob") Kenny has achieved it, ahd all in the space of a week. To carry out a raid he took up residence in one of Potts Point's most exclusive guest houses, and foi? a week lived the life of a millionaire, entertaining Uvi'sBl^T employing .a valet, tipping freely, visiting theatres. playing golf, indulging iu scientific conversations with elderly gentlemen, and_driving around in a smart .car. No policeman has ever enjoyed such a wonderful experience — at the public expense. I It required the greatest tact to ; bring off Kenny's coup, but he was : well fitted for the job. | He has often done things on a , large scale — privately — at such | places as the Hotel Australia. Social manners were essential for the task confronting this bowler-hatted, im-maculately-dressed spender, who grew a moustache especially for the occasion. / Grazier Going Gay. ' Police inquiries made Inspector i Russell' s squad * anxious to know j exactly what was happening within ! a certain Potts Point building, hoine ! of many society people. | So it was that Constable Kenny, i formerly a mounted trooper in the j country, and later a plainclothesman 1 at Newcastle, where he was once j shot, drove up to the place- early in j the week. " ./ i His job was to pose as a wealthy ! grazier. out for a good time. 1 Like World Traveller. j The car was plastered with labels j intended to show that its owner had j been all over the world. Kenny took I an eight-guinea flat, "brought with | him plenty of costly clothes, and his • charm of manner found him many I friends. ! He kept his eyes open while he was ! there, and he saw many things to j delight the heart of a young and j enthusiastic policeman. | Kenny engaged as a valet a young { policeman who had served in a sim- ■ ilar capacity in England and as a j steward on ships. j Kenny had tea in bed at 8 o'clock ! and breakfasted about 10. Then he | would instruct "Jeeves" to bring the i car to the front. | Sometimes he played golf, or he | went driving and visiting friends. To ' keep up the pose, he twice entertained two beautiful girl friends— there is safety in numbers, to a mar- ; ried man — who did not know that j Kenny was merely acting. i Mr. Kenny always kept the best of I liquor in his rooms, and when it was ! lcnown that on Friday night he was ' going to "throw" an exclusive party ] there was a flutter. He issued many ! invitations. • A Needed the Drink. ! Eventually Messrs. A. Russell, C, j | J. Ghuck. Bailey, Fletcher and Flem- j | ing arrived, and were ushered into j ! Mr. Kenny's suite. j It was a happy party. More drink j j was needed — so Kenny got it. : And what a sensation there was ] I when it became known that Mr. Eus- i 5 sel was a police inspector; that Mr, j Chuck was the dreaded "sly-grog" I expert, and that his friends were just i police constables! j ! The upshot was that a man and two j i women were charged at the Darling- j i hurst police station with having sold j j liquor without a license, and about 1 1 400 bottles of the very best of drinks I ! were seized. 1 It was a sad night for-Mr. Kenny. I His departure was much quieter than I ; his arrival. j j He had told them that he had w* I : ceived an urgent call to Kosciusko, I and the valet was busy packing the I bags while the party was in pro-J | grass. . I He was gone when the raiders dw I , their work. His bowler hat and ■ | beautiful clothes were locked uph j ■ his comfortable Bondi flat. 1 j He's had a good time, and the de- 1 ' partment will f oot the bill for eveiy- fl ! thing. Kenny's job was to carry ontl j instructions. I