POLICE EXAMINATIONS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 77

POLICE EXAMINATIONS.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. WELLINGTON, October 13 Of the 90 candidates who sat for examinations in the various grades of the Police Force, with a view to qualifying for promotion, no fewer than V 9 passed. The Comraisioner of Police (Mr Cullen) considers the result eminently satisfactory, while the Crown Solicitor (Mr Ostler), who conducted the examinations in police and criminal law and evidence, in a eulogistic memorandum reports that the country is to be congratulated on the quality ot the men who serve in the Police Force. The following ,is a list of the successful candidates qualifying for the rank of sub-inspector : —Senior-sergeants Hastie, Mathieson, and Dart (Dunedin), Sergeants Wohlman, Emerson, Murray, Crean, and M‘Keefry (Dunedin), Till, Macnarnara, O’Halloran-, Mathew, Constables M‘Carthy, Lauder, Wilcocks, Cox, Detectivesergeant Cassells, Acting-detective Halke. For senior sergeants : Sergeants Barrett, Burrows, , Eales, Willis, Kelly, Gaffney, Simpson, Stewart, Hardy, Eccles (Clyde), Jackson, Lannigan, Quinn. Bird, Fraser, Bingham, Clarkson, Ryan, Detectivesergeants Boddam, Ward (Dunedin), A. Cameron. For sergeants : Constables Wainhousc, Whitehouse, M'Kelvey, Parson, Cruickshank, Armour, Marshall (St. Clair), Murphy, Fitzpatrick, Fry, Wade, Hyland, Egan, Thomson, Montgomery, King, Reid, Boulton, O'Hara, Lopdell, Scaudrett (Middlernarch), Mathieson, O’Brien, M'Rae, Sharftihan (Alexandra), F. Wade, Fearnly, M'Allister, Fleming, Hodson (Waikouaiti), Woodley, O’Grady, Edwards (Kurow), Armstrong, M’Lean, Butler (Roxburgh), Dark (Lawrence), Anderson, Longbottom, M‘Carthy. There were only two failures in the Otago district. Commissioner Cullen, who was interviewed to-day, expressed himself as highly pleased with the result of the examinations'. “ The result of the examinations has been highly satisfactory from a police point of view,” he said*. “ Ninety candidates sat for I examination in the various grades, and of these 79 passed, a very high percentage. Of those who did fail many made excellent passes in several of the subjects. A man had to obtain at least 33 per cent, in any one subject to pass, or an average of 50 per cent, over all the papers that i had to deal with. Police regulations and police and detective duties were h'ghly creditable to the men. All through the various subjects were dealt with exhaustively, showing that the .candidates had a good knowledge of the work, and of the police and detective duties and the regulations. A strong point,” added Mr Cullen, “is that the men had only six months to study the regulations. It is just about that time since the regulations were published.