THE "MOUNTIES''
("Post" Special Correspondent.)
famous police force celebrates 60th birthday CHANGE IN CONDITIONS
Mo-ntreaJ, Nov. 11. The f'Mpunties," as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police- are known all over the world, celebrated their 6,0th annivei'sary. The force, originally call.ed the North-West Mounted Police, was iiistitqted' with a strength of 301) officers and men and has now 2,500. It received its present name in 1-921, wfcn ijb was incorporated with the old Domjnion Police. The "Mounties" are pow a land, s,ep, and air force, largely 'emplPyed in pqml)atjng smuggling on the' Ganadiancoasts. Although 'they still number many fjne riclef s in their ranks. conditions Have so changed' exdept in thp remoter areas that th'ey no'w use more motor cars than hqrses. T courage and the determination bf the members of the force- have "made 'the satfing ::The 'Mqunties- always get their man,>" known thronghout the Empire.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 720, 21 December 1933, Page 5
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