DR. FINDLAY IN THE SOUTH. INSPECTOR GILLIES'S RETIREMENT. THE WEBSTER CLAIMS.
fBY TELEGRAPH — PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Attorney-General, Dr. Findlay, arrived from Wellington and went on to ; Dunedin to-day. He told a reporter that the case of Inspector Gillies had been considered by Cabinet, and that 1 it had been decided that the retirement must stand. A Prison Board would be appointed shortly, consisting of one lay member from each of the four centres and three official members, including a Judge of the Supreme Court. New police regulations have been, drafted and are now being reviewed by the Crown law officers. They will be submitted to the police inspectors in due course. Promotions consequent on the retirement of high officers in the Police Foice are not likely to be announced for a month or two. Referring to the Webster claim, Dr. Findlay explained that Great Britain and the United States agreed to the appointment of an international commission to consider this and claims of a like nature between the subjects of the two Powers. The commission will sit at Washington on a date to be fixed.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19, 24 January 1911, Page 7
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188DR. FINDLAY IN THE SOUTH. INSPECTOR GILLIES'S RETIREMENT. THE WEBSTER CLAIMS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19, 24 January 1911, Page 7
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