POLICE AND THEIR SURGEON

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 11997, 4 September 1909, Page 3

POLICE AND THEIR SURGEON

'SOMETHING TO CLEAR UP. • j A statement in regard to the rela- ! tions between the Auckland members 1 of the police force and the police surgeon (Dr-Sharman) was niadeby.the latter to Mr Bishop at the I'olico Commission's sittings. Dr Sharman said that lie understood thai* immediately after the inquiry was held by Mr Brabant last 'year a certain medical man approached Mr C. H. Poole, M.P., wijth the idea of getting him (witness) relieved from that position. He was told of this, and' on questioning Mr Poole on the subject the' latter said that it was correct. Mr Pooie (shaking) his head): There is'a misapprehension J there. I will give cvdence, and put it right. Dr Sharman said he .never heard- <tf any trouble until the time of the' inquiry last year. He received a pile of correspondence from the Commissioner, and he asked for an'inquiry. Do you wish me to believe that the feeling against you,has been engineered by some medical man ?—1 cannot say that that is the ease, but I would like to;-know. I Mr Bishop asked Dr Sharman if he ■vould give the name of/ the medical 1 man in question, and Dr Sharman u rote the name on a slip of paper'-and handed it to the Commissioner. ' Mr Bishop: I never heard of him. Is lie in practice In re —Yes. Is he a friend of yours P—Prof essedly so, sir. I want to get to the bottom of.it'. _ / , v 1 want to know" the origin of the attitude against you. Either it lint been engineered by a fellow medical man, who wants to get the year, er else it is the outcome of a.sors of cabal on the part of the get rid of you, and to get the position for somebody else ? Yes, it is one of these two things. - , If you were satisfied'that there wa,s a widespread feeling Against you, what w onld vou do V —Resign at once How" can yon get evidence to enable you to arrive at a decision ?—Only by calling every man in ttie • barracks. I believe that eight' out of, every 10 men in the barracks are friendly tome. 1 cannot fit that in with the evidence that I have received,, ' Several of the sergeants whom I <■ questioned said that there was a general, feeling of dissatisfaction amongst the meii.<— During the last six or nine months-' 1 have attended nearly all the sergeants, and they arc perfectly witisfaed with, my attention. . ' -£ ' There is a sergeant now lir front on you (Sergeant Shcahan)?—l never; attended him' in my life - No; but he said that he was aware; of the feeling against you?—l have attended fully 25 per cent, of the men nt his station, and they were nearly all satisfied with ine. If they aro not

i 1 ifcH ' satisfied with mc, they hayo the to tall in outside medical advice, h'l'^k^ Dinnie: Yes, ( by„ p»y-f.> iug for it. '" ' ™ "* » .v' -\" Mr Bishop 1 r Who ingoing to *b> satis-/, hed witb calling in lh outside 'doctorh if Ue has to"pay for it put* of 7s 6d ly'jj day —I ,do not, suppose aroboity .wouldv * care to run'up a} doctor's .Dill when'hoc•« cam get medicsl fof n6tlnug. ;>p&s Sergeant Bales was called ' by l SbarmaV,'atfa\bn beings questioned said, ■** that he hid. bbert 'attended by 1 the latter to ftis v satisfaction'., \ s \ "* {a^ pr 'you , every con<> ') fidence In •* . '"" . >\ Mr BuAotft; Ilam^in'fc'tonsil tack the papers and examine >hte .while rthing" from top I aWUl;>ake no* \ 4j not by the Mctft* v , i\ > -iV, > > \<, ,' ' Vdf