UNREST AMONGST THE POLICE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1939, 23 December 1913, Page 5

UNREST AMONGST THE POLICE.

! TRADE UNION DISCOVERED.

STRIKE METHODS IN VOGUE.

MEETING I\ TRAFALGAR SQUARE. 8? Tel«£rapls-PrßSs Sydney "Sun" Spceiat Cables. . . London, December 21.. There arc signs of unrest amongst- the police. jAyoung constable when going on . duty dropped a ticket disclosing tho existence of a union. . It is believed the union has 500 members.:';-" -_ " ' • ■ ■' At several stations, it is stated, 1 constables declined duty until their conditions of work had been improved. ■ ■ Tho ■ authorities • are smoothing over the; incidents, promising full considoratioivof tho matter. COMMISSIONER'S WAKXIXO. London, December 21. t* The Coitmiisswner of Police has notified that policemen are liable to dismissal if they join a union or federation, "i Three constables, supporters of the newlv-formcd Metropolitan Police Union, ..have been, transferred to other divisions. - CORRUPTION AND TYRANNY. (Roc. Dec-ember 23, 0.10 a.m.) London, December 22. 'At a mass meeting of 1000 policemen at Trafalgar Square in support of the Metropolitan Police Union, the speakers declared that 95 per centum were favourable to tho union. ■ A constnblo's wage is 275., which sum is considered to bo inadequate to prevent the corruption and tyranny which vras being exorcised in tho foreo to an -extent not realised b.v the- pnblic.

They invited the siipiwrt of all tho Trade Unions. The police union's membership totals 5000,