FULL CONSTABLE
FIRST FULL-ILODDED MAORI TO ASSUME OFFICE
(P.A.) GISBORNE, August 21. By the swearing-in of A. P. Hira as a constable in the Police Force at Gisborne, a precedent is. established for the Dominion, as he is the first fullblooded Native to assume the office in New Zealand.
As a part-time Native constable at Te Kaha for 12 years, he rendered valu-' able service in dealing with the Coast Maoris. He is to be stationed at Ruatoria.
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Evening Star, Issue 25567, 21 August 1945, Page 4
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78FULL CONSTABLE Evening Star, Issue 25567, 21 August 1945, Page 4
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