FIFTY YEARS AGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15998, 17 August 1915, Page 11

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

CONSTABLES HONOURED. : :i4 rewards FOR MERIT.

(Front the HERALD of August 17, 1865.)

_ Provincial Council, in its last eesion mussed a vote of £400 to bo dis610D, pa»w 'Wed by way of rewards, amongst those ©ambers of the police force who i jj render themselves entitled to such distinction by meritorious services, or by , " display of tact and ability in the disr_, an capture of offenders. It was CO j € 2j that this sum should be entirely °"%w disposal of His Honor the Chief W.ice as the most qualified, from his vi, in'dicial office and experience, to estihlg the value of the services rendered Particular officers. and to apportion the. \JT which should he lrotn time to time *\en fr° ro tslis u ''''. c ' un,1 ' His Honor , 'n accordance with the vote of the Sncil and in compliance with their recommendation, seen fit to select four bibles as severally worthy of greater c3^ f3S regard. The names of these offior' with their respective rewards and Sees are as follows : —Constable C. ft. King, £20, {or bringing to justice after tracing them to Sydney, Brisbane d back to Auckland, the. persons who fobbed Mr. Becks i"'? 11 "/ shr »P <* upnrds of £1600 worth of watches and ilsellerv; Constable Merrigan, £10, for L m recapturing the notorious Dumfrey L. his escape from the stockade; Constable o'Hata, £5 for tracing with great aenkness a qMttt.ty of property stolen daring the #«»* fire in Shortland Street; Constable Bile/,. £: '- for tracing a quantity 0 ( stolen property.