POLICE STRIKE.
INQUIRIES BY ROYAL COMMISSION. By —r>.-n=s A-enrlntlnn—Copyrlirtt. MELBOURNE, November IP. Giving evidence before the, Royal Commission which is inquiring Into the circumstances of tlilie police strike, the Chief Commissioner of Polite (Mr Nicholson) giivo strong masons for instituting supervisions. He said he saw men idling about, the streets, leaning against Inmn posts, gossiping, and actually smoking in uniform in broad d-vligbt. At night lie saw them drunk. He repeatedly travelled in Hie Melbourne district-, and suburbs "’ithout seeing a sign of a constable. There were many hul-gb-M-ies. boi'se ami shop breaking. a»d only rnvelv did the police know anything about-them till the owners rep'-rted tbn offences next mo'-niim. Even when front doors in main sH-eeis were broken in the police nr-u'i- foiu'd them. Polk--- 1 Commissioner Nu-bolsnn also rrave details of mrioie- offences committed by the police while on duty.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 20 November 1924, Page 7
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142POLICE STRIKE. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 20 November 1924, Page 7
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