THE POLICE SUPERANNUATION FUND.
TO THE KDITOB. Sib,—ln advocating thi3 your corres- ■ ponde'nt must surely be indulging in play- ! ful satire in saying " command the confidence of capitalists, for a country that preserves the strong arm of the law in its highest state of efficiency will P«»Pfr politically, socially, and finaLcially. Will it? Wnat about Russia with her police levyiog blackmail on Jews, and in other European countries. Government by police is the most atrocious form known. Witness Italy under Pio Nino. We are spending large sums of money on education, churches, etc., solely with the view to educating ourselves to govern ourselves and reduce the enormous taxation now necessary to support goads and police. Fancy depending upon •« political and soc'al progress " to the policeman's baton ! Can the irony of fate go further, *nd this in loyal, law-abiding, and nroeressive New Zealand, too.—l am, etc., * ° Law and Order Duoedin, May 30.
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Evening Star, Issue 8530, 1 June 1891, Page 3
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151THE POLICE SUPERANNUATION FUND. Evening Star, Issue 8530, 1 June 1891, Page 3
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