A MATTER FOR THE POLICE.
TO TEE i:r>ITOE. Sir,— On a recent uiffht I bad occasion to ring up for a constable from tho Lamb-ton-quay Police Station, and was requested to ring again in 20 minutes! Upon asking the watchhoiue-kceper if ono could not ba obtained sccmer I wao asked where the man was in my locality, and as this (Th» Icrraco) boat is a three-mile one and in. eludes Government House grounds (in the Governor b absence), I was unable to reply with accuracy. Next time I want awistnnee or protection I am going to break a fire alarm. Anyway, what is wrong with, keeping one constable and ono motor bicyola in reserve at tho police station? Also, I would liko to know why Manners-street Station, nlthouch in the vory roughest part oj Wellington, possesses only qno constable? It is unfair to tho constabfo and to the public. Mount Cook vicinity never sees onc-twentioth the brawling which takes place in Lower Tnrnnnki-slreet, and it i* almost unsafe for peaceable citizons to pass through the latter qunrt-or on a Saturday night. Ilaving had to pass that \vsy for a period of some months I speak iroia knowledge.—! am, etc., A PEACEABLE BLOKE.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1907, Page 3
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202A MATTER FOR THE POLICE. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1907, Page 3
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