AUCKLAND'S CRIME.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1927, Page 8

AUCKLAND'S CRIME.

AND THAT STATEMENT.

STILL A MAIM TOPIC.

POLICE CHIEF AT THE HCTUTIEff

One of the main topics in xhr riJv i to-day, a* «af the rai-e ycMerday. if th< , 1 remarkable statement nmlr on Monday' c\cning at Wellington by I W. B. Mclhrney. A xisitor fiom Canada. a 1 present in' Auckland. r\pr<»frM*<J the opinion tln> morning that Mjch a sjaletnent. if I allowed to go unoiintradicted. nnnM iia\- a frcriou* effect, on the city it*elf. and if read I>y persons hating no knowWjp of Auckland might r«UM> them to <-on.«idcr whether they «<mW a city that wa* *iippo*.cd to be "full of criminal*, rogue* and evildoer*.*" "What surprises me. M lie said. "i« that immediate anion is not taken by your Tourist Department/' Mr. Mcllveney at the Pictures. ll wa* suggested in a suhleadcr in the "Star" yesterday that "perhaps thr most charitable c\|4aiiaiion of ili«- outburst of thr Commissioner of Police about • rime in Aurkland is that Mr. Mclheocy ha* J«een frequent ing the < incwa. Mr. Mcllvcney is a picture "fan" too. The folloiving article <xMicvrninjr the rhirf of polirv at a Wellington pirture fliow ap|aeart>(i in the "Now Zealand Time*,"* on Fridar. Decemlter SI. 1J»2«. "It i* the practice of the Commt*!>ione:r wheii he ha* a few moment* at hi* comniatul to viml ex'h of the pirtiire >)iowt. «ifhin the city limit*, giutte recently, in she γ-oiitm? of hi* round*, he enterrid one of the leading theatres, and f»r a minute or two by the entrance, he-1-iT-ame f o in the film being -liowii that he decided to wv it all. He l«»ok a \aanl neat, near the door, and In* hi lent ion was attracted by a ladv aud m. gi<*nllenian. tvh<» mere in the n"«I» ncM to him. The lady, having jjtVon a pixKl look at him. * Mtddenly addrt-fMil him in the folloning uoixl»: 'Sweetheart, you arc not looking at me to night. ' Xα an»wer from the chief jnianlia.il of New ZealandV law.

"The «jue*iion wa» re}«e*t«l. and omr morn- there hij no annver. Aftrr Jlie lliinrl time tin* I omini**ioner lurrx-d Jo the lady, ami in hi* m<«-i raurlcimh inn!in<-r Mnilingly replied: '| do not knnv of any n-»f«n why I I,i addre** anyone in IhU theatre.' Whereupon be \<-U the thfnirr. Thee the Sob* Came. • l-aler on he wrnl tack to the Uwiirr ami Kai in the ?aiD<- »*-aJ. only lo l»r di»turhed hy the prntleman. t»bo was Tvailinir the mi b-title* to hi- ounj|i»nion. The lady llirn i-n-eind a durnsion l»y midilily. For ll)it> ~hc ««■= , hi<lo<i by ln-r frjcjHl. v.Jm toM her itot l<» «ii*Slirli llw |iru|>li> «iv>iiikl hrr. H«\»-pvrr lirr ••nly n"i»ly *llr non'l <-|«p*k Iα UM-. In- ««n'l r|wak to me." (More *ot»*.t "Then .rmlimini; that !hc orvnigant of \hr i-rvil next lu her liad rcluraed. j.hc "Vou'n , the l>i«.b<«|« of my chunrii. and you tratit »j«wiV lu me. I'm tow l<nvly for ihe bi*boj» »o lalk t»«." (More Thinking it m*« time In <iiMilu«ir«n the ueejHiip lady, the <.'amnii*»i«nrr Jm-nrd t<l her and Mitd: M«d«tn. 1 am not a bi-li«l«.' ***YoM are'.' cri«xl the Udy. ». "'A; ilti!> ftuini the male • tiMik a liand in the -mO*iz. and npml : "He i* 1K«l \.hr to-ln.p. hut hr i» a y*-nllctU#Tl." For |lu- gerund lime that rxrainjt Mr. Mrihenry lustily left ibe theatre. , '* Appearances Are Deceptive. "It i> a Mraiige tJung." , rrnmrKeJ Mr. Mcll\enry to a "Xf* Xcaland Time*" , rc|K>rtcr, "iliji although I ha\c bern mistaken (<<r a bishop, a clortor, a banker and a fia»rcta|kfr.. I ha»e tmre lieen taken for *hx\ 1 am." It Ih , .<<3<Jci- in iliat ilic CV>mnii«holier i> >aid I" Urar a Mrikin;:

j li--r:iiMmur- to a veil knvv 'I bii3iij<)< m j lh<- IV.minion . Iritainly iliom* uhn katc m> n Mi. MrlltrlifV in hi- wHll»ii«twn iimininj: «xial ; an<l Jxtulcr hal. miti uh«i ha>c mvii hi , 'imial i-milr. >\t<til<l nc\«-j take him !<•' Ihe I ««iiiiiii«M«iicr Hi ol Vhc }vrw 1 /.<-.<!. unj l*oli«r F«itv. IVrh«|~ it i- iu-J .i- "<■]! lUd In n<>« l«"«k«H| iiioiT- liKi- .hi <-<x-ifi»ia>li< Own ! itn .i»tiMc j««licp ojlirial. an iiintlriil n><l ha»«- <«vi«»i,vj ill lh»HW «.l Jjir <hicl «J j«<'li<\- ««1 1 !;<!!« im-«.. «j)r» in f<iii]«an a i with anothn wi-ll kn<>«!! \\ n-Mdrnt. 1 Mrlhenrx Kit I our ill;: Jb>>t.i;«--. IJu« that i- ellulhrt tt"i>. Drteclives Names Omitted. In |>i|!»lifltil<s a h-t m< «l»-»«-<-tl\r- j all.irhr<l Iα the i<»ral in mir ih-uc of \.-1.-ixj."' ih<- nairr- <•» »«o vcllliimm , «Joto<-t i\ 1-- wcro ilM«!trrimtir einiMrd. The name* ««f lVt<x-i'»c> C»uHnan «n<l ; );..«.^ r i shoiili] |m»r aj>j»c-.ircs3 , viih rlx , oihn» ni<on!i<itK>(i. Not Poll of Both. The ma.lr hy Mr Mr '< ll'fnn. <»f Police, jj. onr j !hst. .-ill pj-,»-rl» i* i <-il. «3.iU-il Iα «vnMd<raWy hnt'm j lli.- i.-pH.itj.'i, ..i *n\ rily «ln.U it i» IctcHoJ. aivl jl i> mni>| lh.it any ..iir holding n Jijph nAicial j.«»m. :i<M; fhmtUl imJ )ia»e iT»rnpiii*«i thai it ' «.i- Jii- ilutt. h»<| he that h a h;;it<- i>f . l nnr- <-\i~l<-<l m al , v !..-.-> jj uiil<-i hi* jiiii^U.-t J..]]. t« th,- vaii,,- «.. lur- «.<.»,■!luiscnt raiher thin l<. ni»h in !•• .in linw«rmiitaMr an.! dama-iji-v..h<?.~ *a } » Mr. a. «i. U..n. |. ( oMd<-ni ..I Ihr All, UUi.d ( ha ill Uμ ~i « MUHiK-itr.

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