A Statement to the Police
By
WHIM-WHAM
[The eighth annual conference of the New Zealand Police Association .. + waited on the Minister in Charge of Police (the Hon. P. C. Webb), and the Commiissioner (Mr. D. J. Cummings), as a deputation seeking increases in pay.’’-News item.] Oh, doubtless One should not display A more than passing Interest in Policemen Seeking better PayI mean, Policemen have to win Their Bread, as All of us must do; Oh, tall and short and fat and thin Policemen, underneath their Blue, Have human Stomachs to sustain And human Wants, however Few! And yet, my Efforts being vain To See the Man behind the Law, My curious Fancies still remain--A Constable off Duty, or Even in Shirtsleeves, mitigates My normal Attitude of Awe, Which very nearly quite abates On seeing Sergeants drinking Tea Or Leaning on their Garden Gates. They do not then appear to Me As Cops or "Johns," as in the Street, Nor do I comment jestingly On the Dimensions of their Feet, Which seem no different from Those Of any other Men I meet. And likewise, when Reports disclose That our Police consider They Are underpzid, I feel it shows Their simple human Side. I say, Good Luck, and Solace in your Woes, Policemen seeking better Pay!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 227, 29 October 1943, Page 2
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214A Statement to the Police New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 227, 29 October 1943, Page 2
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