N.Z. WOMEN POLICE

Grey River Argus, 19 February 1943, Page 2

N.Z. WOMEN POLICE

SECOND GROUP COMPLETE. TRAINING. PA V/ELLINGTON, Feb. 18. 'The second group of women trained for duties in New Zealand, were met: and farewelled by the Prime Minister and Commissioner D. J ’Cummings at the completion of Umir Tour months’ training at Wellington. The result, of the framing received was shown by the graduates staging a court scene, in which a.of the procedure in the case was gone th Commissioner Cummings., .congratulated the women on the-'r excellent conduct. At all of their exammations, they had done well, and m the last excellently. The Commissioner compared the pay of the women police, namely, £6 Ils 3d per week, which includes a boarding allowance, a cost of living bonus and overtime, with £2 9s received by a _ constable when he entered the service. The Commissioner stressed the importance of the special duties which the women police would do, and particularly the help that they could be 1o elderlj' persons, women and 'children. . , , . The 'Prime Minister said that ne was greatly impressed by. what he had seen, and' he congratulated the women on their work, in the court scene. The predominant feeling among the- nolice was to help people, and it was this that-appealed o everybody. A narticulrrly important ‘ part of pol’ce work was the nrotect ! on of children and the police had also done wonderfid work lor the Social Security beneficiaries. Police duties required judgment, coolness. and impartiality, and from what he had seen, he was s n t sited that these qualities would be displayed by the women who were now in the service. Mrs. Fraser presented First Aid certificates won by each graduate.