POLICE COMMISSION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14580, 20 July 1909, Page 10

POLICE COMMISSION.

END OF THK DUNEDIN" ,SITTING. Sevknth Hay—Monday The Police Commission sa: again yesterday mcrnirg, arid concluded its proceeding, as far as Dunedin is concerned, in the afternoon. J .HA YE AT NIGHT. Constable Fox, 15 out of 1/ i-x'iiior .utwuiskH, appeared for tne .second time with ihe object of ! relerting lo special laie leave tit j n.iiht. Whtn lie gave evidence on I liie previous occ.u-.on h..- s.tid that by applying for late leave iu writing il was ;iot , gianted, but he omitted to iilii.se that Mich | uavc «as lor later than 1 a.m. The point ; he lion' desired lo nut before the connnis- j fiicn was thai, constables were lui.cli as ; other men in wishing occasionally to go to a dance or a wedding or some <jilnr even- - engagement, and after the alfair was over he desire to -;e a lady friend home, llitiiug to he in at 1 a.m. v.as f:-!t : to lie a hard.-hip, and iy. uien thought, liut on ,'jfecial uocasio'is u.e. leave, should b> till 2 or ercn 3 a.m. Air Jii.-.iiup sa:;i that Ihe men could ; ha diy ask that ihs-t ws iixed by regulation. ; Ali thai could b.- done iwi- lo leave il to the jiidgiue.'il. of 11.-.e individual in.-.p-rcloio, ; (.'oiifialdo Fox . k e:d he would like abo to say that his ovid-;.;iee given on the former day, to Ihe elfe'-l that he knew no ; ii'.-.tasee where (.'ditical or other infineii.e liatl o],i'.n:ed in regard to promotion, had br.'ii mi.-uiKkr.-icotl, and ttiine pconle i K.-eiued lo think llial in spe.iking as ho 1 did In was proinpied 1.-y ronee ullorioe moiite. tie !-■- -I to make if ce-ar that ■ hi- stalr.:i;:.-.-.t was of a general characl"!', aiel i'eal the f' 'ii:ig lie l K'-rred lo v;fi< nor. roniii . I lo n::ui!>c: j c-f any parlicuiar d:'!ion-ina'--.'i. ('oil lei.-sio:!-. r llinnie: You know of no, cit " of ii-.i'.e-'ii'e, Alii°-.:.ic. re:;:ioi:s, or any | other': i '■■Vitnivs: Xo 1 Mr l!:?!'e.n said liii.th • thoughl CV.n- J flable Fox gav» bis .->v'.ii"ico very fairly. There was no ialen! redlion in his mind ; on that point. Jilt CCMMIXtI'.S IDEAS. Fraiici.s tiet..go Camin.iig, a O -e.it foi ilio ! raueu;-, u:r.i r,..-.-.ioui.s' A.u Bw.ii.iy, said if , he hail a.tyi'hiuy t.j .-.-.y abuut tne |jo:;ce it would bo cunpiiiiKii-ta.iy laliiw ihuii oti.er- : wite. lie In.i i-..-u 10. a-.out to ycaoi in close touch -.. iui it. t'oii,i'ou-e.-, m \.\no;i i countries, lte ic.i ..nr.; i-nat the nti.-on v.lii Ihe fvuer l-i n.vii d.d noi seel: ; to join our iuroe w..:, he.ause Ihe pay oi ; Vii Oil a day was icj .miall. Ite thought it | Biiottld .ssart at its a ilay, with further in- j cresses after t'i\o yeais' service. The j Jtiarriwl constabies weie at a great disadvantage as compared with i.lie i,ingle, for j the Is a day houco allowance did not comtensate for their not living in barracks. It was imporiible for anyone to r.ecui-e ;i hba.se for 7b a week. It would .;o-;t a constalilo up to lis a, v.eok for a house in Wellington, and perhaps a little less in Dui'.odin He also thought \!i-m the leavo granted to the police was inadequate. Xo I constublo slioul-d receive le-M than 16 or 18 days a yo.tr. Wil.iKy-s mentioned tlio leavo granted to attendants at foieliff Asylum—i.e., tbrec days' olea.r leave every month, and 28 days' clear leave at the end of every 12 month. It wa--, he admitted, hardly fair to compare the two cases, as the asylum attendants worked 12 to 14 hours a day, and some of their duties were very laborious. (ii reply to questions by Mr Bishop and ComuiKwioner Dinnie, witness said that it Mould, bo a great mistake to lower tli" educational sta.nds.rd below the Fifth Stan<hnl. Ha understood that, many applicants for the force had to lie rejected on account of their not having passed the Fifth Standard.