POLICE UNREST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 301, 13 May 1913, Page 5

POLICE UNREST.

POSITION IN OTAGO.

By Telegraph—Press Association. V Dunedin, Last Night, Enquiries made amongst members of the local police force elecited the information that there is no understanding,; so far as they are concerned, with the-' Auckland men in legard to the formation of a New Zealand Policemen's Association. It was 3 tated that no commumV cation had been received from Auck'and" conveying any idea of what the aims" of the Association were, and consequently the Otago policemen were quite i» th* dark as to its real objects. It was pointed out that the northern mem Had! placed themselves in a false position ia the preliminary movement by, not waiting until all the members of the force in New Zealand had been written to a* to the constitution of the Association, in that, while there might be some grievances up north which were hardly felt in Otago, on the other hand local men might not see eye to eye on other points being ventilated by the Northerners. It was not denied that the Dunedin men did have some grievances, neither \vns it denied that there was no possibility of having those ultimately remedied. A few of the "pinpricks," as they were termed by one man, were illustrated, and it was remarked that while taken singly, there might not be a - ' great deal in them, when they were added together, a state of affairs existed winch should not prevail. It was pointed out, however, that representations made in the proper quarter had already brought about a remedy of one or two> existing grievances. So far as anv suggested understanding with the Auckland' men was eoncerned, the last word was that until the local men exactly knew what the association stood for, it could! hardly rely on support from the men in' '; other centres, and their course wa* briefly stated by one man as follows: "In the final issue we would have to consider the fact t'aut we are not using ■constitutional methods to obtain redress."