POLICE STANDARDS
BRAWN AND BRAIN. (Special to “Star.") ■' "" • WELLINGTON, November 7. Should an applicant for admission to the police force measure 38 inches round the chest? This was one of the serious questions raised by Mr. Kyle in the House tonight. Mr. Kyle submitted that this measurement was too high a standard to fix. “You want to measure them round the head,” suggested Mr, Langstone. \ The Minister in charge of the Police Department (Mr. Wilford) said that men with very high education qualifications were seeking admission to the Force. They even included University graduates, and there was scarcely one without a proficiency certificate. A sergeant the other day had won a world-wide competition for an essay on the subject of “Buy British Goods.” The chest measurement standard was high, but under it they had no difficulty in getting good men. As a matter of fact, the Department could get all the men it wanted. Actually, they had had 150 men making application for twenty-five jobs.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 November 1929, Page 10
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