TURN ON THE LIGHT.
POLICE FORCE EVIDENTLY NEEDS
SOME INVESTIGATION.
■ Such is the heading of a column in the same journal, as above; it certainly throws some light on the condition of the police in a prohibition-governed State. One paragraph, is sufficient to indicate the condition of affairs:— "More. than, one officer 'on the police force is loud in his denunciation of, Sergeant Donovan and other members be- . cause they are democrats. There is, hardly a Wn in ,tlie*police force but hjos some'Cpmplaint make against'other 1 members. The stalwart officers of the law are a* jealous ag, a lot of schoolbbys. The force could be .improved by discipline, and" the sobner it is' 'done the better it will be f orthe city:" ' '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6623, 23 October 1899, Page 1
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122TURN ON THE LIGHT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6623, 23 October 1899, Page 1
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