SHOOTING OF OFFICER.
CONFLIOTING STORIES. rLiOMMISSI-ON OF INQUIRY. United Press Assnr—Elec. 'l‘el‘ Copyright. MELBOURNE, May 26. t is practically certain that the Victorian Unhinet will appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the shooting 01' Superintendent J. Brophy on May 24, and possibly into the administration 01‘ me Police Department. The Ministers are dissatisfied with the conflicting stories concerning Mr Brophy's injuries, and with the ettltude of the Commissioner, Sir Thomas Blamey. Superintendent John O'Connell Brophy was shot by gangsters from a car while he was making a motor visit to Royal Park, for the purpose of rounding up car bandits 'who were operating in that district. .
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 7
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