POLICE FORCE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19970, 3 July 1930, Page 8

POLICE FORCE.

MR M'ILVENEY'S SUCCESSOR. [THE PBBBS Special Service,] WELLINGTON, July 2. The resignation of the Commissioner of Police has naturally excited some speculation in the Public Service and out of it as to the choice of a successor to the position. It is expected that an early announcement will be made. If the appointment is to be made from the Police Force it will be surprising if the present district superin- I tendents are overlooked. In order of I seniority they are Messrs W. Q. Wohlmann (Auckland), A. T. Emerson (Wellington), E. Eales (Christchurch), and J. C. S. Willis (Dunedin). It is being suggested in some quarters that an appointment may bo made from outside the police service or from outside New Zealand. In that connexion it is interesting to note that S j> l< ri °® Ce °f Commissioner of Police has been held by New Zea-land-trained officers. Until 1895 the position was held by military offlcera of the Armed Constabulary. Two Scotland Yard men, Mr J, B. Tunbridce tion W ' Dinnie< have held the p05i..14 I®. ® at , the Minister tor Justice (the Hon. J. G. Cobbe) has Cn searching for a successor, and it is g* that has gone through other Government Departments with * vlew , finding a suitable man. It was stated with some persistence in Parhamentary circlee to-day that Mr fsS £& moSt llke,y for the Minfurther stated that ther« i a likelihood of the Police and Justice E e r r £r ntS J e,n ® run in co-ordina-tion to a certain extent, this bein» cited as another instance of the Gov? ernment s economy campaign. Although there is no confirmation of the