"COMMISSIONER IN NAME ONLY."
A CONSTABLE'S STATEMENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. At the Police Commission, thin afternoon, Constable Michael Green complained that the Police Commissioner's chief clerk frequently acted as Commissioner. Mr Dinnie was Commissioner only in name. .- Commissioner Dinnie had allowed his powers to be wrested from him by the chief clerk. Witness had known men to come to Wellington to see Mr Wright about promotion instead of seeing the Commissioner Morse play had taken place at the Wellington Police Station, but the statement of Mr Arnold, M.P., about the conduct of the station was incorrect. Mr Arnold had been misinformed. Witness denied having anything to do with the letters to the newspapers about Commissioner Dinnie.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9594, 14 September 1909, Page 5
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119"COMMISSIONER IN NAME ONLY." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9594, 14 September 1909, Page 5
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