POLICE RECORDS.
FIGURES FOR PALMERSTON NORTH.
Inspector Rawle, of the Palmerston North police district, has reported to the Commissioner of Police that the offences return for the year ended December 31, 1934, shows the total number of offences reported as 1651, as compared with 1478 the jirevious year, an increase of 173. Of the offences reported, 1494 were dealt with by arrest' or summons.
. The principal offences showing an increase are theft, vagrancy, failing to maintain, selling liquor during prohibited hours and found on licensed ]>remises during prohibited hours. The increase in the former three classes of offence is probably attributable to the scarcity of work and, in the cases of breaches of the Licensing Act, possibly to increased vigilance of the police. Other than the above, crime in the district has been of the usual class, calling for no special comment. The conduct of the force in-general during the last twelve months has, states the Inspector, been good, and a high standard of efficiency has been maintained.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 255, 25 September 1935, Page 8
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