Miscellaneous Information.
Reversion in Grade. Second-class Sergeant Edward Stunner, No. 125, reverts to the rank of third-class constable on transfer from the Field Force to the Police Branch at his own request.
Resignations. Constable John Cahill, No. 1029. Constable Patrick Dwyer, No. 2031. Constable Patrick O’Connell, No. 2669,
Discharge. Constable Charles Herbert Colborne, No. 858,
Dismissal. Constable Patrick Starkey, No. 221.
Rewards
The sum of £2 each has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Sergeant Henry W. Felton and Constables David Smart and Alfred Edward Remcr, Ashburton Police, in recognition of their services in connection with the detection and prosecution of Emily Bowen and Millie Dunn, fined £5 and costs each for sly grog-selling. The sums of £3 and £2 respectively have been awarded from the Reward Fund to Constables John Haddock and Nixson Scott, Dargaville and Te Kopuru Police, in recognition of their services in connection with the prosecution of Peter Brown, fined £3O and costs on three charges of sly grog-selling.
The sum of £1 has been awarded by Mr. James Oliver to Constable James McAlister, Oamaru Police, in recognition of his promptness in arresting William Williamson, charged with being found by night in Mr. Oliver’s enclosed yard, and trying to enter his dwelling.
The sum of £3 has been awarded from the Reward Fund to Sergeants John Pratt, Andrew Clarke, Nicholas Kiely, and Detective Robert R. Jones, Auckland Police, in recognition of their services in connection with the detection and prosecution of Joseph Visco and Clara Rigby, fined £2 each and costs, Samuel Cox, fined £SO and costs, and Rhoda Vernon, fined 10s. and costs, for sly grog-selling.
Stations opened and closed, and Name changed. The police-station at Manutahi, in the Taranaki District, has been closed.
The police-station at Te Kopuru, in the Auckland District, has been closed, and one opened at Aratapu, in the same district, instead.
The name of the police-station known as Ohinemutu has been changed to that of Rotorua.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 26, 23 December 1885, Page 222
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327Miscellaneous Information. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 26, 23 December 1885, Page 222
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