Miscellaneous Information.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 23, 11 November 1885, Page 196

Miscellaneous Information.

Officers dispensed with. The services of Sub-Inspectors Sydney Augustus Berkeley Capel and Percival Trosse Fortescue have been dispensed with from the 31st ultimo on reduction of the Field Force.

Appointments. The under-mentioned appointments have been made in the Torpedo Corps from the Ist instant: Arthur Lodder to be Lieutenant Superintendent; Richard Winter to be Engineer.

Appointment as Constable Alfred John Sisam, No. 2752.

Resignations. Constable Daniel Sullivan, No. 1223

Constable William Wilson, No. 2013. Constable Albert Edward Chandler, No. 2088. Constable Henry Foreman, No. 2387. Reversions in Grade on reduction of the Field Force. First-class Sergeants George Morley, No. 283, Richard Langtry, No. 174, James Treanor, No. 368, Charles Octavius Hawke, No. 428, and Michael Foley, No. 578, revert to Second-class Sergeants. Second-class Sergeants James Addison, No. 138, Augustus James Howard, No. 452, John Gilbert, No. 116; and Thirdclass Sergeants Haimona, No. 487, Alfred Morton Moon, No. 261, Edward Stopford Thompson, No. 164, Henry Salmon, No. 235, William Marshall, No. 91, William Ebbett, No. 112, Otto Magnus Theodore Yon Porat, No. 1190, Henry Walker, No. 86, William McKearney, No. 339, Heywood Chapman, No. 1636, and Charles Edward Walker, No. 2395, revert to First-class Constables.

Discharged on Reduction of Field Force. First-class Sergeant Keeran Whelan, No. 194. Reinstatement in Seniority List. (See Police Gazette, 1880, page 191.) First-class Sergeant William Willis, No. 47, has been reinstated in his previous position on the list of First-class Sergeants. Appointment Lapsed. The services of acting Third-class Sergeant Samuel John May, No. 2030, being no longer required by the Railway Department his appointment has lapsed. Rewards.

The sum of £3 has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Constable James Christie, Auckland Police, in recognition of his meritorious conduct in saving James Connell from drowning at the Breakwater, Auckland, on the night of the 18th ultimo.

The sum of £3 has been awarded by the Standard Insurance Company to Constable Abraham Hobson, Parnell Police, in recognition of his efforts to discover the origin of the fire by which the dwelling of H. P. Erickson was destroyed.

Tiie sum of £2 10s. has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Sergeant Charles William Brookes, Akaroa Police, in recognition of the zeal and energy displayed by him in connection with the prosecution of James Hamilton, fined £5 and costs for illegally exposing liquor for sale. Hamilton was also ordered to deposit £2O, the cost of a licensee fee.

The sum of £3 has been awarded by the Customs Department to Constable Timothy O’Rourke, Wellington Police, in recognition of his services in connection with the seizure of uncustomed goods from two Chinese seamen belonging to the steamer “ Tamsin.”

The sum of £2 10s. has been awarded by the Customs Department to Constable E. C. Hughes, Hokianga Police, in recognition of his services in connection with the seizure of uncustomed goods from Albert Tyons.

The sum of £3 has been awarded to Constable Laurence Carroll, Auckland Police, for the arrest of three deserters from the French warship “ Magon.”