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of this report I understand Mr. Stanford has reEused to issue certificate under section 12 subsection (2), Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act. Inspector Emerson is, I believe, at Galatea, and there are no means of communicating with him. Please instruct what you wish me to do. I would suggest your wiring to Mr. Stanford. S. P. Norwood, Constable, Napier, Commissioner of Police, Wellington. For Inspector.

Inspector Emerson, Napier. Ex-Constable Lawliss is applying for a license for a bush-house in the Napier district, and I understand the police are opposing it; why, is it because he was dismissed from the Force; if so, this looks like persecution ? If necessary, let the Committee know why he was dismissed from the Force; but it appears to me that he should not be hounded down. Immediate action should be taken, as the case is to be decided on fourteenth. I hope you will be able to see your way to withdraw the objection. A. H. Hume, Commissioner.

Sin, — Danevirke, 12th February, 1895. With reference to my dismissal from the Police Force on the 30th January last, I would beg to state that I tendered my resignation on the 23rd January while I was suspended, but no notice appears to have been taken of it. "With regard to my pleading " Guilty "to the charge for which I was dismissed, I was advised by Inspector Emerson, who even wrote me a copy of my plea of "Guilty," telling me at the time that I would be more leniently dealt with by the Commissioner of Police, and also save the department the expense of inquiry. I was therefore misled by my Inspector, and wrote an admission which appears to have - deprived me of the right of resigning, or one penny compensation, which, to say the least, seems a more severe punishment than the offence deserved, after a service of nearly fifteen years, which was served with only a. reprimand. . Please inform me if I am entitled to a discharge or anything that would enable me to join some of the Forces in the Australian Colonies; also, whether the police would raise any objection to me holding a publican's license in this Island. I remain, &c, The Commissioner of Police. E. J. Lawliss.

Police Department (Commissioner's Office), Wellington, Sib,— 16th February, 1895. In reply to your letter of the 12th instant, I have to inform you that you are labouring under some delusion as regards compensation, as members of the Police Force who resign are not entitled to compensation. I am, of course, quite in ignorance as to what Inspector Emerson may or may not have said to you, but the evidence forwarded by him here was of so conclusive a kind that it would have been only a farce your pleading anything but guilty. As regards your query re a discharge, I have to inform you that, having been dismissed, you are not entitled to a certificate of discharge, and I am not aware that the police would raise any objection to your holding a publican's license in any part of the colony. I am, &c, A. H. Hume, Mr. E. J. Lawliss, Danevirke. Commissioner of Police. A'ppi'ozimate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,350 copies), £ 1 fls. 6d.

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