PURELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.

NZ Truth, Issue 243, 19 February 1910, Page 4

PURELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.

A bobby was given his stripes and shifted, to a big centre recently, and forthwith set out to impress his superiors with his zeal. Mindful of the evidence before the Police Commission thai stagger-juice used to find its way into the police stations, his nibs set himself to watch for an infraction of the rules, and rushed to the sub-inspector one day with a complaint. - In consequence the men's quarters were thoroughly searched. Nothing suspicious was found, but strangely enough, when the comparatively new sergeant's room was entered three bottles of beer were brought to light. Now the sergeant goes about wearing a grimly thoughtful expression, besides clothes and boots, and casual bobbies stuff their handkerchiefs m their mouths to stop a fit of coughing whenever *they meet him unawares.