THE POLICE FORCE.
' » MR: M'GOWAN SAYS'; WELLINGTON Ifc / •• NOT Ui\DLR STAIILD (BY TELEGRAM.—SPECUL 'COKRESrpSDENT.) ';: .. AuskCancl, April 14. /Speaking to a.Doiiii«iy« repiuseiibiiiiivu tu day, 'prior.'to' his. departure, for the TJiames the Hon. tTas. M'Gowan,'"Minister,for Justice mado light ,of the • suggestion'made in Wei lingfon • that., the police ih the capital cit] arc .under-staffed- •■ V V : ; . :. ''That complaint.is often made, 7 ' 'said tli< Minister. "■'■"JSvery. place tliat has .hot' gol police wants.'.them, and those that, 'have gol tliem want more." ' .■' _ \ : ,■ Mr. M'Gowan- characterised the statemeni that it was not'safe for women tp be'in th< streets in Wellington, after 9.30, at night-as Bil «a have seon," ha said, " and ircquentli do see, women in the.streets thero very muct later than that. / There is no foundation foi the reports that" there! is a-shortage of ,polic< in' Wellington. :Possibly it emanated fron some person who has been refused admissior to the force through failing to come up t< tho required'standard. Of course the suburb! of Wellington have grown fast, and-they ar< all. wanting: police,- but .the whole-of tlio citi and suburbs 'are equally patrolled.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 8
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178THE POLICE FORCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 8
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