THE POLICE COMMISSION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 17 September 1909, Page 2

THE POLICE COMMISSION.

. I'tJKEaER SJVttJENCE AT WEL•■•ja5SK^y X - : ; . •_.■■■•;*■ * (United Pfisss ABBociAtJ<»J.) .;•■', . ' WEL^GreTdN, i-r^ay.- ' Before the Polka t3«minisJ!loa ■ today, Sir Edward .Gftibes, SfecMtoj: for Education; testified to the 'gbofl work, done- by the police for his.,- Department. He said that itaw.'^alaWi did more in the way oi coftecrtng money for the maintenance «f fetiU^ dren in industrial schools than -Siny other country in the world- '. ■ Colonel Collins, Secretary to „ t^>6 Treasury, stated that all the . -pwtea accounts were kept excellently, and, promptly rendered. Witness did not' think there would be any practiijSl difficulty in training the police to the use of the rifle for 'defence purposes Constable Andrews denied a statement made at Auckland that he had communicated a certain statement to Sub-Inspector "Wright. Chief Detective Broberg considered that sergeants to-day were superior to those 15 years ago, and that constables wero quit© as good. In hjs opinion a Fonrth Standard certificate was sufficient for the force.