POLICE MUDDLING.
;j Sir,— a'Sresident, of:; the'' Lower :Hutfr,'no'w:.--for':Over;';2o years,:':arid. some little',timo 'ago .1- put "a. fair amount of "cash into; building a .bouse for letting purposes 'as -an investment. ' '-Recently, tho ..house,, 'became vacant'through the tenant, leaving the district.' ;T'o my, utter surprise, whenl visited, the. property this" weekj -I'found ovbry'vnndpw- smashed an'd woeful'damage' generally done to the house.',:' Our '.police, 'are .no use. An' offence' against, private": property, is let go unnoticed.' : It'.' is -the- duty, of'the police authorities ;to investigate outrages of this kind; 'atid.-mako .official reports on same. But; sle.epy, - old,, put-'qf : date police management takes; no ' notice. Are outlaws allowed■to'tfilfiilly damage and ruin property •'T-';'say-.''No,;- and that the police are-nbt:;'doing;.their..duty .when things like-these, doings go'by without their even making- a-report on "them; It is. time the.'Gbver'ninsm't ..imported..somo English experienced'; police'officers : instead of "allo'wihgvlfhe' 'present. ;slipshod ' methods ■ to am,'-etc.',. -.'" ' ■">".' j.' ; .- ;; : , :'^;':t-;:.-''■ f-v.''BRITISHERv ;;;
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 6
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146POLICE MUDDLING. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 6
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