"UNCLES AND AUNTS."
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 26. Constable Doiimiin htatod he had been 111 the sen ire .since 1883.' In 1894 he hiul nttked the then Commissioner (Colonel Hume) why he bad not been piomoK'd, and the reply was that "he hr.d not uncles and aunts «>uouu;h." Ho had been removed from control of the Coroiiiandcl station as the result of political influence. An hotelkeeper tlieie, uganist whom he bad secured a conviction, announced himself as a Parliamentary candidate, and after addressing several meetings withdrew fiom the contest on the understanding that witness was to be removed from the district, and witness was accordingly removed, despite the fact that lie had been lecouinieiidi'd bv,)lis inspector tor promotion in reward for l-i ■» services. <■'• ' The Hon. Jas. M'Gowan, ex-Miiiis-ter tor Justice, will give evidence tomorrow.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13994, 27 August 1909, Page 3
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135"UNCLES AND AUNTS." Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13994, 27 August 1909, Page 3
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