THE POLICE COMMISSION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 147, 19 July 1909, Page 3

THE POLICE COMMISSION

; DUNEDIN SITTINGS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ■ ' Dunedin, Saturday Night. Sergt. Willis said married men objected to having to go home in uniform. The rate of pay should be raised, as the present rate did not attract the right class of men. Mr. Dinnie's cross-examination was continued by Mi*. Arnold, M.P. A large iiumber of questions Were put to wit-ness-with a view of eliciting the method pursued by the Department before enrolling candidates for the force. ■Sir. Dinnie contended that the exam- • Illation and enquiry made into a candidate's antecedents was a 6 full as reasonably could be expected, hut Mr. Arnold did not agree with him. Mr.'Diimie called attention to the per- - rentage of arrests to offences reported to the police from 1901-2 to 1908-9. I They were respectively 93, 94, 95, 94, 95, , US, 95, That showed, that the force had t 'lhown a high degree of efficiency. The file of .papers bearing the a,pplif cation of 1 the finger-print expert for ' leave of absence was referred to at length. Mr. Arnold's contention was .. that originally the expert was granted ax months' leave on full pay, but that the documents were subsequently altered to give only one month on ful Mr. Bishop said he had examined th« 'file,, and if the allegations made wen true, the ex-Minister of Justice musl have been a party to the withdrawal 0 'the original application and the sub etitution of another document. ■' The Commission will sit again 01 - Slosday.