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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 182, 30 July 1901, Page 3

Parliamentary.

UOUosl 02' KKL'UEbENTAT: V MB. FtaoAV, -July 2(1. The I-loneo niet at 2.80 p.m. Tho Imprest Supply i.hil wits brought down by (lovernor'd S!ii;e. J On a moiitm to go into Commhtee of Supply for coi^,ie-r;.|,iun Mr Fighec'movod ;in ftmendmeub that u, Select CoHt-nitvee sho'dd be appointed to inquire- into tho conduct of'the Police "Deparimont p.«'ndmiruslered by Commissioner Tunbridge. He 'said, ho v;p-m pi'ompted to forward this motion because of widM})read complaints throughout the colony at the admini.3tralion of the Police Force by ( Jommi.joioner. Timbricigo. He vi?hod to make it clear Muu. the motion in no way applied to the rank and illo of the force ; ha was limited to Mr Tunbridgc and the hh-her ollicerv who were directly undor bin control. He proceedt-d to make a series of charges against, Mr Tuubridge, going ve:y fully into details. The Kight Hon. L. •]. Seddon said they should keep this matter out of politics. Political interference- in the past had been detrimental to the police force, fie highly complimented Commissioner"" Tunbridge. He had been told before appointing him that ho was one of the ablest men in the service at, Home, and since his arrival herG he had done first-class work, The {rcvorumenf desired to have the poliea force kept as perfect aud aa independent aa possible and did not want the force dragged iuto political'life.' it would not promote harmouy in the force or further the ends of justice to have tbeso charges bandied about on the. floor of the Rouse, and ho hoped the member for Wellington would withdraw lvs amendment, and let the Hou?e go on with the Bill. A large number of other members also spoke, the tone of the discussion being strongly in defence -of Commissioner Tunbridgo's administration. E.VriN-G ON UNIMPROVED VAXUES. A return of polls taken under the Rating on Unimproved Value Act of 189 G and Amendment Act of (900, called for by Mr Fowl As, was laid on the table by Mr C H. Mil is, and showed that fcbiefcy-.two local bodies had adopted the system, and it had been rejected by six.