THE POLICE COMMISSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 213, 7 September 1909, Page 5

THE POLICE COMMISSION.

ROTORUA, Monday. j A sitting of the Police Commission continued this afternoon. Sergeant Watt, in charge at Rotorua, ' thought promotion should be by merit ] aione, but after being questioned by Mr. I Bishop admitted that service and experii ence were also necessary. Mr. E. R. Gerard, official assignee, J called by Mr. Dinnie, said that hia duties ! often brought him in contact with the poiice. and he had uuiformly found them courteous, efficient, and tnistworthy. I All witnesses attributed the paucity of suitable recruits for the police lorce xr> i the smallnesa of the pay compared to that earned by general workers.

I A farmer at Hanmer Springs had the misfortune recently to lose a, considerI able tsuin' of money under remarkable j I'ircumstances. He is the possessor of a I hor3e which includes paper, among othei I things, in hie dietary list. This animal I can be easily caugjic at any time if he ij is approached with a piece of paper - I which he will devour on sight without ' even the preliminary sniff. His ownei r dropped, a pocket-book at his own gate 3 I and on searching for it next morninj J J found that his horse had been there j before him. The pocket-book was chew I ' fii to an almost unrecognisable pulp, tilt l! ; only tiling intai-t being the silver mono .' ' gram plate. The horse had manager -I to extract the contents, not a vestigf - of which could be found. They includer ' a cheque, a money-order and severa i notes. The fanner may recover th( 1 value of the cheque and the money-order H but he looks upon the notes ai'i <Xe*c jjM*. ■ miiiiiiiaiiiiaiiii