THE POLICE COMMISSION.
(BY TELEGRArH—OWN CORRESPONDENT). Christciiurch, Last Night. The Police Commission has opened here. Inspector Broham in his evidence stated that he believed retrenchment had been carried out in the police force more than in any other branch of the Government service. Superintendents and senior officers had been reduced to inspectors ; sergeant-majors to first-class tergeants ; first-class to second-class, and so on. A large number of men had been discharged, and now the colony had got what it went in for—the cheapest force in the colonies. New Zealand was the only colony where the meu did not receive a pension. There should be no political or Ministerial influence. He looked upon the reward system as most demoralising to the men. For doing the most trifling things the men were continually asking for rewards. The pay of the men was far too low.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 276, 19 April 1898, Page 2
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142THE POLICE COMMISSION. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 276, 19 April 1898, Page 2
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