"ON THE SAFETY VALVE"
"The Minister in charge of the Bill is in the position of an engineer who is sitting on a safety valve, with tho boiler generating too much steam. My advico is, not to sit on the safety valve but to close the damper, for that is how engineers get to heaven." — Thus Mr. Veitch, discussing the Police Force Bill, last evening. Tho member for Wanganui is an ex-enginedriver. The application of the figure of speech to the suppression (from the speaker's point of view) of the men, was appreciated by the Houso. Thero should bo some means, addod Mr. Veitch, for easing the pressure, or a position would arise which would prove unsatisfactory to all concerned. Would it not be better (ho asked) for tho Minister to trust these police officers further, seeing that they had to be trusted every day and every night now? He was not a prophet, but he would predict that in tho not distant future a proper Appeal Board for tho police force would be established, and that in a very short time after that it would bo found that an association would be at, work .throughout .New Zealand for the benofiTof all concerned.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 99, 23 October 1913, Page 8
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203"ON THE SAFETY VALVE" Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 99, 23 October 1913, Page 8
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