THE POLICE COMMISSION.
Uunedin, Sunday. The Police Commission held a prolonged sitting yesterday. J. A. Millar, M.H.R., in his evid< nee said he had never interferred with a siDgle member of the force with the exception of the case of Mayne. He had written asking if after 20 years' service Mayne could not be put on plain clothes duty, to see if he was fit to be a detective, as Mayne thought he had a grievance. Witness would like to see a civil service board created to control the whole of the civil servants. James McGill, builder, said he had complained to the police respecting a number of houses in Filloulstreet. He aho complained to the landlord, and to the mortgagee (Bishop Nevill). There was an improvement for a while, ami then things got as bad as ever. To the chairman : The police tometimes got convictions for vagracy, ami they had tried to get couviction for prostitution but had failed. J. 13. Thomson referring to the fame place, said that prompt attention had always been paid by the police to complaints, and on two occasions the lane had been cleared out. The police did all they could without the assistance of ths landlords.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 262, 22 March 1898, Page 2
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