POLICE EXAMINATIONS, 1915.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XL, Issue 44, 3 November 1915, Page 739

POLICE EXAMINATIONS, 1915.

Police Department, Wellington, Ist November, 1915

The following list of members of the Force who passed the recent examination qualifying for promotion is published in accordance with Regulation No. 421. The results of the examination, so far as the answers to questions on “ Police Regulations ” and “ Police and Detective Dudes ” are concerned, were not as satisfactory as they should be. A few candidates showed a fair grasp of the subjects dealt with, but others exhibited a want of knowledge of police duties and discipline generally, and there is no gainsaying the fact that the candidates this year have not shown as high a standard of knowledge of their duties as those who passed the examinations in 1913 and 1914. It may be that when the Police Regulations are revised Constables will not be eligible to sit for any examination except that qualifying for rank of Sergeant, and Sergeants will be eligible for the Senior Sergeants’ Examination only, and intending candidates for future examinations should bear this in mind.

The remarks of the examiners in the law and literary subjects, as well as copies of all papers set at the examination, are published hereunder.

J. Cullen, Commissioner of Police

Passed Examination qualifying for Rank of Sub-In-spector. No. 473. Senior Sergeant Mullany, Luke. No. 906. Sergeant Cummings, Denis Joseph. No. 1190. Constable Butler, Hugh Henry. No. 1253. Constable Hunt, William Edward. No. 981. Detective Scott, Edward William.

Passed Examination qualifying for Rank of Senior Sergeant. No. 214. Sergeant Bowden, Charles. No. 907. Sergeant Wade, Horton Charles David. No. 1182. Constable Martin, Henry. No. 1254. Constable Drummond, Robert Crawford. No. 758. Detective Sergeant Hollis, John Walter. No. 915. Detective Sergeant Kemp, Thomas S. C. No. 947. Detective Sergeant Lewis, William Edward. No. 1033. Detective Andrews, Arthur Edwin.

Passed Examination qualifying for Rank of Sergeant. No. 864. Constable Brown, Philip Joseph. No. 1113. Constable Powell, John. No. 1201. Constable Lennon, Charles Henry. No. 1241. Constable Scott, Henry. No. 1260. Constable Johnson, Thomas. No. 1272. Constable Carroll, John. No. 1276. Constable Fox, John. No. 1280. Constable Dempsey, John Andrew. No. 1306. Constable Brien, Robert Cuthbert. No. 1337. Constable Doyle, Patrick. No. 1343. Constable McEntee, Owen Patrick. No. 1400. Constable Fryer, Henry. No. 1411. Constable Kyne, Michael John. No. 1030. Detective Gibson, Thomas.

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Crown Law Office, Wellington, 30th October, 1915 The Commissioner of Police.

Re Police Examinations, 1915

Herewith please find results of examinations of candidates for promotion in the Police Force. A fairly high standard of work was required, but the questions, however, were all such that any candidate who had given intelligent application to his subjects would have no difficulty in obtaining a reasonably good pass. That this is so will be seen from the fact that some of the candidates have been able to get high marks in the various subjects. Speaking generally, the main weaknesses were shown in the knowledge of provisions of statutes, in the bulk of cases the replies being lacking in accuracy and certainty. The evidence papers were answered better.

For Sub-Inspector. —The evidence paper was well done by practically all the candidates ; in two instances exceedingly well done. In the prescribed statutes the answers were not so good, the tendency being to generalise or to be inaccurate. One paper, however, was a good paper. For Senior Sergeant. —The papers were generally fairly well done. The same remarks as to lack of accuracy in knowledge of the prescribed statutes applies. For Sergeant. —The facts in this section were uneven in quality, some papers being exceedingly good and others being distinctly poor, the lower marked papers in some cases showing practically no knowledge of the subjects whatever, indicating sitting for the examination without sufficient study or preparation. Some of the higher ones, on the contrary, were so ably done as to suggest that not only were the subjects carefully prepared but that the candidates were of a high order of intelligence and distinctly capable of undertaking higher duties requiring knowledge and ability. The papers were set jointly, and in marking were carefully considered by both examiners.

P. S. K. Macassey V. Meredith. Examiners-

[Copy.] Wellington, 13th October, 1915. The Commissioner of Police. I have the honour to make the following report on the literary portion of the police examinations for 1915 : Whilst there was no candidate of outstanding brilliancy, a high standard of all-round excellence was shown by most of the candidates who did work which showed that they had pursued a course of steady, painstaking effort throughout the year. The sums were, as a rule, set out neatly, methodically, and logically, and marks were awarded even when the answers were not correct. Clumsy and lengthy solutions when not correct were not awarded any marks. Many of the questions were handled with considerable intelligence and skill by the majority of the candidates, and only in a small percentage of cases were the arithmetical papers marked as inferior. One candidate in the Sergeants’ Examination scored 100 per cent., whilst several others scored over 90 per cent. Some very good essays were written, the matter was excellent in many cases, and many showed considerable knowledge in arranging their ideas into paragraphs in their proper order and relationship. An omission occurred in the sentences for synthesis. It should have read, “He should be either attacked or summoned.” This mistake was not allowed to prejudice the marks of any candidate. Two of the candidates for the Sub-Inspectors’ Examination showed expert knowledge in the precis-writing, and two of the papers were inferior. Two papers in geography were excellent, whilst many were very satisfactory. Several betrayed the fact that very little attention or thought had been given to the subject.

I would strongly urge all the men of the Force who intend to sit for these examinations to give careful, regular, and systematic attention to the different subjects during a course of at least twelve months. In season and out of season I shall be pleased to give all possible assistance to intending candidates.

Robert Darroch

POLICE EXAMINATION-PAPERS, 1915. EXAMINATION QUALIFYING FOR THE RANK OF SUB-INSPECTOR. Evidence. Time allowed: Three hours.

1. Discuss the competency of the husband or wife of an accused person as a witness. By whom and under what circumstances can they be called to give evidence ? 2. When are confessions made to a clergyman admissible in evidence ? 3. Under what circumstances can proof be given of previous statements contradictory to the evidence now being given by a witness ? 4. Three children of the ages of 11, 12, and 13 respectively are tendered as witnesses : are they required to take an oath ? If not. what is the procedure to be adopted ? 5. As a general rule the fact that a witness lias a certain opinion as to a fact in issue is not deemed relevant to such fact. Discuss this statenent, enlarging on any exceptions known to you. 6. In a charge of conspiracy when are the acts or statements of one conspirator admissible or inadmissible against the other conspirators ? 7. Can a person be convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice ? Quote authority. 8. A is indicted for attempting to murder B on the 19th and 22nd February, and for the murder of B on the 22nd March by administering to him on each date arsenic in cocoa. Discuss the admissibility of the following evidence : (a.) A pocket-book containing (inter alia) the following memorandum in B’s handwriting : “ Thursday, 19th February. Saw A a few moments. Borrowed French Bible. Was very ill during the night.” (b.) A chemist’s registry-book of poisons containing an entry in the handwriting of the chemist, since deceased : “ February 21st. Miss A, 6d. Worth of arsenic for garden and country house.” (c.) That A, after being told by a Police Inspector that she had better make a clean breast of it if she wished to escape the gallows, made a statement in which she said that she had given B cocoa from her window one night, and that she had bought arsenic on various occasions, and used it as a cosmetic. (d.) That on the nights of the 19th and 22nd February and 22nd March B complained of pain in his stomach, thirst, feeling very cold, and of headache. (e.) That B shortly before his death asked his landlady what the doctor thought. She replied, “He thinks you will get over it.” B then said, “I am far Worse than the doctor thinks. I cannot think why I have always been so unwell after getting that cocoa from A. She must have poisoned me.” His landlady left him, and he was not seen alive again. ( /.) That in B’s room after his death was found a letter from A undated, referring to “ our meeting last night,” in an envelope bearing the post-mark of the 23rd February. (g.) That A had been engaged to B, had been unduly intimate with him, and had written him numerous incriminating letters; that she had since become engaged to C, and had endeavoured in vain to gel - . B to return her letters. (h.) That other people poisoned by arsenic had exhibited symptoms similar to those of B. (i.) The opinion of medical men that the symptoms exhibited by B were the symptoms produced by arsenic poisoning. (j.) An account by a medical witness of his analysis of arsenic purchased from a chemist who sold arsenic to A, and of experiments made by him as to the effect of mixing arsenic with cocoa, and the effect of washing the face in water mixed with arsenic.

( k .) That A had a had character. (/.) That A told the clerk of the solicitor whom she had retained to defend her that she saw B on the night of the 22nd March, and gave him a cup of cocoa, (m.) That A had attempted to administer poison to previous lovers. ( n .) That A confessed her guilt to a priest who had (unknown to her) been deprived of his office. (o.) That B, prior to his acquaintance with A, had suffered from despondency, and talked of committing suicide. Prescribed Acts of Parliament. Time allowed : Three hours. 1. When is an accused person absolved from responsibility for a crime by reason of (a) age. (b) insanity, (c) compulsion ? 2. Under what circumstances and to what extent is a person justified in using force against another ? 3. Define- —Incest; assault; common gaming-house ; culpable homicide. When is culpable homicide murder, and under what circumstances is culpable homicide which Would otherwise be murder reduced to manslaughter ? 4. When does a child become a human being within the meaning of the Crimes Act ? 5. Is a person who supplies a harmless drug intending it to be used to procure miscarriage of a woman guilty of an offence ? Give reasons for your answer. 6. What are the provisions of the Police Offences Act with respect to cruelty to animals ? 7. When may premises be declared to be a common gaming-house by the Supreme Court, and what is the effect of such declaration ? 8. Discuss the provisions of the Licensing Act with respect to the sale of adulterated liquor by a licensed person. 9. What is the law regarding the endorsement of convictions on a publican’s license ? 10. What children may be dealt with under the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act ? Police Regulations. Time allowed : Three hours. 1. What are the conditions governing the granting of records of merit and the entry of same on the merit-sheet ? Name the class of records which may be entered on such sheet. 2. What do the regulations prescribe as regards complaints made by members of the Force against each other, and complaints made by civilians against members of the Force ? 3. Who are entitled to a salute by all members of the Force, and what other persons are to be saluted by senior and other sergeants and constables ? 4. What do the regulations prescribe relative to the duties of watch-house-keepers in connection with, the searching, care, and safe custody of prisoners placed in their care ? 5. Describe the uniform and equipment to be worn—(l.) By senior sergeants ; (2.) By ordinary sergeants ; (3.) By ordinary constables ; (4.) By mounted constables. 6. State as fully as you can what the regulations prescribe as regards the purchase, care, and recording of articles required for use at police-stations. ' 7. If you receive instructions to take samples of liquor from a hotelbar for the purpose of having the same analysed what steps would you take to secure the samples, and, having secured them, what would you do with them ? 8. Define the duties of the police as regards the inspection and reporting upon licensed houses. Police and Detective Duties. Time allowed : Three hours. 1. If you have to enter and search a gaming-house under the authority of a search-warrant, what steps would you take to make sure that the search would be an effective one ?

2. If a serious crime lias been, committed —a murder, for instance — and a certain person is suspected of the crime, is it your duty to interview such suspect; and if you do interview him, to what particular points connected with the case should you devote your attention during such interview % 3. If you receive information to the effect that illicit distillation is being carried on in a certain place by certain persons, what steps would you take to bring the offenders to justice ? Can a plant- for the distillation of any kind of spirits be legally used in New Zealand ? 4. Supposing you found that an accused person had torn up an incriminating document into fragments which you were able to collect, how would you proceed to reconstruct the document from such fragments so as to have it fit to produce as an exhibit at the trial of the accused ? 5. Name the principal coinage offences, and define what constitutes the offence of uttering counterfeit coin ; also state the facts it would be necessary to prove to establish a charge of uttering counterfeit coin. 6. If on arrival at- the scene of a serious crime, such as murder or burglary, you find footprints believed to have been made by the offender, what steps would you take to prevent such footprints being obliterated till such time as you had taken impressions of them, and what methods Would you adopt to take the impressions so as to have them fit to be produced in Court at the trial of an accused person ? 7. When a person is charged with a crime in this Dominion and has fled to a foreign country, what are the questions to be considered in the case before an application for extradition should be made; and if application for extradition is made and the offender arrested, what documents should be prepared and forwarded, and how and to whom should they be forwarded ? 8. State what you know as regards — (1.) The keeping of an imprest account; (2.) The preparation of contingent vouchers and salary abstracts. (3.) The furnishing of district accounts, estimates, and requisitions for money from the Treasury.

English.

Time allowed: Three hours.

1. Write an essay of about 30 to 35 lines on one of the following : Submarine warfare. Machine-guns. The future of our Empire. The neutrality of small nations. Liberty. Companionship of books. 2. Write the following in the third person or reported speech : “ I cannot, my lords, I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth. We must, if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelop it, and display, in its full danger and genuine colours, the ruin which is brought to our doors.” — Chatham: 3. Insert in the following extract the necessary punctuation-marks and capital letters : the scheme has a promising face said the queen about it my lad with all speed and beware the nature of your Work is not discovered nay i will take the liberty to draw the bolt against chance visitors so that i will have time to put away what i am working upon before i undo the door will not that of itself attract suspicion in a place where it is so current already said Catherine not a whit replied roland gregory the armourer and every good hammerman locks himself in when he is about some masterpiece of craft besides something must be risked scotl 4. Write a precis, or an abstract, of the following in such a manner as to give, in a concise form, an account readily intelligible of the trial before the Court of Appeal: —

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W. H. Smith and Son v. Kyle. 1. Facts respecting the Action.

Newspaper agents employed a young person at their newspaper stall at R. Station. His duties were to deliver newspapers each morning at M., a village having a railway-station two miles distant from R., and then to set up a stall at M. Railway-station, consisting of a board laid on trestles, and to sell newspapers there until 10.15 a.m., but during the remainder of his time he was employed at the newspaper stall at R. Rail-way-station, at which there was duly exhibited a notice required by section 4 of the Shop Hours Act, .1892, but no such notice was exhibited at the temporary stall.

2. Case stated by Justices in and for the County of Surrey.

At a Petty Sessions holden at the Town Hall, Reigate, in the said county, on the 13th April, 1901, an information preferred by Talbot Kyle (hereinafter called “ the respondent ”), against W. H. Smith and Son hereinafter called “the appellants”), charging that the appellants, on the 23rd March, 1901, at the parish of Merstham, in the said county, then being the employers of a certain young person, to wit, Albert Boorer, in a stall there did fail to keep exhibited therein the notice required by section 4 of the Shop Hours Act, 1892, and the Shop Hours Act, 1895, was heard and determined by us, and upon such hearing the appellants were duly convicted before us of the said offence, and we adjudged them to pay a fine of one shilling and costs.

3. Evidence at the Trial.

Upon the hearing of the said information the following facts were admitted or proved : On the 23rd March, 1901, last, Albert Boorer, who is under eighteen years of age, was in the employment for hire of the appellants, who are newspaper agents. From 6.30 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. he was employed by them at Merstham, and for the remainder of his time at Redhill Railway-station. Merstham is a village having a railway-station two miles from Redhill. Boorer’s duties while at Merstham were first to deliver papers in the district, and then to set up a stall at the railwaystation, and sell newspapers there. This stall consisted of a board laid on trestles. No such notice as is mentioned in section 4 of the Shop Hours Act, 1892, was exhibited at the stall at Merstham, but there was such a notice duly exhibited at the appellants’ stall at Redhill Station.

4. Pleading of the Appellant's Counsel.

Boorer was not employed in and about a shop at Merstham, but at Redhill, where he had an opportunity of seeing the notice. The stall at Merstham was not a “ shop ” within the meaning of the Shop Hours Act, 1892, and that even if it was a shop, it was not a shop in and about which Boorer was employed.

5. Pleading of the Respondent's Counsel.

The stall at Merstham was a “ shop ” within the meaning of the lastmentioned Acts, and if an employer had two shops, even in the same town, he was required by the Acts to exhibit a notice at each of them. The stall at Merstham is none the less a shop because Boorer was not employed there for the whole of his time.

6. Decision of the Justices of the County of Surrey.

We were of opinion that the stall at Merstham constituted a shop within the meaining of the Shop Hours Act, 1892, and we accordingly convicted the appellants.

7. Award of the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Alverstone) on 7th November, 1901, at the High Court of Justice.

lam of opinion that this particular conviction cannot stand. lam not going to say anything that would lead to the supposition that for some purposes of the Act some structure such as this may not be a shop. For example, if a young person were employed by his employer for more than seventy-four hours in any one week at such a structure as the one now in question, then I think, in so far as it may be right to express any opinion upon the matter without having heard any argument on that point, that the structure would be a stall or shop within the meaning of the Act. I think for the purposes of this particular case the structure must be in some degree in the nature of a permanent structure. In this case the boy was really being employed at Redhill, going for some three or four hours to Merstham Station. During part of that time he was employed in delivering papers in the district, and then he set up this stall, which consisted of a board laid on two trestles, at the Merstham Railwaystation and sold newspapers there. In my opinion it would be putting a ridiculous construction on the Act to hold that this board on trestles was a “ stall,” and therefore a “ shop ” in respect of which the employer would be bound to exhibit a notice under section 4. Further, it was not consistent with the facts to hold that the boy was employed at this stall at all. He was not really employed at the stall, but at the shop at Redhill. There being no mischief likely to be caused in the case, I think the conviction ought to be quashed.

8. Section 4of the Shop Hours Act, 1892. (Referred to above.)

In every shop in which a young person is employed a notice shall be kept exhibited by the employer in a conspicuous place, referring to the provisions of the Act, and stating the number of hours in the week during which a young person may be lawfully employed in that shop.

Geography.

Time allowed : One hour and a half.

1. On the blank map of the North Island of New Zealand supplied to you mark in the following physical features and towns : Cape Maria Van Diemen, Cape Terawhiti, Cape Brett, Castle Point, Kaipara Harbour, Mercury Bay, Port Nicholson, Kawau Island, White Island, Rimutaka Mountains, Mount Egmont, Mount Tongariro, Mount Ruapehu, Thames River, Mokau River, Wanganui River, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Tarawera, and the following towns : Whangarei, Huntly, Hamilton, Gisborne, Hawera, Marton, Napier, Wellington, Trentham, Dannevirke, and Masterton. Mark in the railways from Wellington to New Plymouth and Napier, and the coach road from Napier through the Hot Lake District to Auckland. 2. Describe the trade route from Wellington to London via Cape Horn, and give some idea of the cargo which a steamer carries from New Zealand to England. 3. Give the situation and say anything you can about the following : Colombo, Cairo, Lemnos, Riga, Scarborough, Sheffield, Fremantle, Brisbane, Manchester, Portsmouth.

Arithmetic. Time allowed : Two hours and a half.

1. In New Zealand the average yield of turnips in the season 1913-14 was 13*35 tons per acre, and the area under turnips was 448,650 acres : what was the total yield ? 2. A, B, and C pay £36 15s. rent for a paddock. A puts in 20 horses for 5 months; 880 horses for 2 months ; C 6 horses for 12 months : what share of rent should each pay ? 3. Find, correct to pence, the simple interest on £237 10s. 6d. from Ist March to 13th May at 6| per cent, per annum. 4. What would a farm of 48 acres 3 roods 16 perches cost at £l2 7s. 6d. an acre ? 5. If the wages of 29 men for 54 days amount to £BO 9s. 6d., how many men must work 12 days to receive £407 ? 6. Find the cost of fencing a square field containing 360 acres at 10s. a chain. 7. A fruiterer paid £2O Bs. 4d. for 100 cases, each containing 30 oranges: if he sold them at 12 for Is. 3d., what percentage of profit did he make ? 8. What must be added to £0*13725 to make 3s. s|d. ? 9. Express decimally the value of—--5I 3 Q A + 4 - + “ 13 I QJ7_ A.l 4 i 2 ’ll 10. A bankrupt fails for £12,500, and his estate realizes only £3,906 55.: What dividend does he pay, and what amount does a creditor receive whose claim is £789 10s. ?

EXAMINATION QUALIFYING FOR THE RANK OF SENIOR SERGEANT

Evidence. Time allowed : Three hours.

1. Discuss the extent to which cross-examination as to credit is permissible. 2. When is a confession deemed to be voluntary ? 3. Evidence of facts similar to but unconnected with the fact in issue are usually inadmissible. State the exceptions to the rule. 4. The question is whether A murdered B. C made a dying declaration that he (C) murdered B : is this relevant on the trial of A for the murder of B ? Give reasons. 5. What is the course to be adopted to enable the evidence to be given in the Supreme Court(a.) Of a witness called in the Magistrate’s Court but who has since left New Zealand ; (b.) Of a witness not called in the Magistrate’s Court but who is now available to give evidence ; (e.) Of a person who was not called in the Magistrate’s Court because of illness and who is still too ill to attend the Court, but capable of giving evidence.

fi. What is circumstantial evidence ? Discuss its value as compared with direct evidence. liijip* 7. To what matter must examination in chief, cross-examination, and re-examination be directed, and what questions may be asked thereon respectively ? 8. What is the present state of the law as to the competency of witnesses ?

Prescribed Acts of Parliament. Time allowed: Three hours.

1. On a charge of receiving stolen property knowing it to have been dishonestly obtained, what evidence may be given against the accused to prove guilty knowledge ? 2. What are the provisions of the Crimes Act with respect to the granting of bai l to an accused person ? 3. I )efine —Burglary ; aggravated assault; rape ; bigamy. 4. A is indicted for the murder of B : under what circumstances would the plea of self-defence entitle A to an acquittal ? 5. What powers of taking persons into custody without warrant are given to constables by the Police Offences Act ? 6. What are the provisions of the Police Offences Act with respect to public billiard-rooms ? 7. What is the law regarding betting with infants ( 8. What are the provisions of the Licensing Act respecting(a.) The supply of liquor to young people; (b.) Issue of prohibition orders ? 9. What children may be dealt with under the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act ?

Police Regulations. Time allowed : Three hours. 1. What evidence would be necessary to prove that a house is a common gaming-house ? 2. 'Define what constitutes each of the following offences : (1.) An affray. (2.) An unlawful assembly. (3.) A riot. 3. What are the duties and responsibilities of a constable entrusted with the execution of a search-warrant; and are there any restrictions placed upon the actions of the police hi connection with the execution of search-warrants, and, if so, what are they ? 4. What do the regulations prescribe as regards the purchase, care, and forage of police horses ? 5. What are the instructions laid down in the regulations for the guidance of members of the Force on escort duty ? 6. What circumstances may arise which may compel a constable to leave his beat 1 And state how a constable should act when under the necessity of leaving his beat. 7. What do the regulations prescribe as regards official correspondence, the keeping of police records, and district and station books ? 8. What qualifications should a constable possess before being selected for mounted duty, and what responsibilities are cast upon him as regards his horse and his accoutrements after he is mounted ?

Police and Detective Duties. Time allowed: Three hours. 1. Name the offences of drunkenness which are accompanied b}^ aggravated circumstances, and state fully the steps you would take to deal with an offender in connection with each class of aggravated offence of drunkenness. 2. If you have good grounds for believing that a certain woman has given birth to a child and has concealed the birth thereof and has secretly disposed of the body, what steps would you take to investigate the case, and what facts must you prove to substantiate a charge of concealment of birth against the woman ? 3. If in a case of suspected poisoning you deem it necessary to have an analysis made, what steps would you take in the matter before handing over the exhibits for analysis. 4. if a person reports to you that he has received an anonymous threatening letter, what steps would you take to trace and bring the offender to justice ?

5. What are the duties of the police as regards the sale, exposure for sale, or offering for sale of indecent pictures and publications, and what statute deals with these matters ? 6. If you call upon a man to assist you in the execution of your duty, and he fails to do so, and you prosecute him for such failure, what facts must you prove at the hearing of the charge to enable you to sustain the charge against him ? 7. What steps would you take if you had reasonable cause to suspect that a woman or girl was unlawfully detained for immoral purposes in any place in your district ? 8. If on arrival at the scene of a serious crime, such as murder or burglary, you find footprints believed to have been made by the offender, what steps would you take to prevent such footprints being obliterated till such time as you had taken impressions of them; and what methods would you adopt to take the impressions so as to have them fit to be produced in Court at the trial of an accused person ?

EXAMINATION QUALIFYING FOB. THE RANK OF SERGEANT

Crimes Act and Elementary Evidence Time allowed : Three hours.

J. Define —Arson ; theft; bigamy ; burglary ; robbery ; rape ; riot, 2. Within what time must proceedings be taken upon a charge of indecent assault upon a female ' l . 3. Is it a crime for a person to carnally know a woman who was an imbecile under circumstances which would not amount to rape but which proved that the offender knew at the time of the commission of such an offence that such person was an imbecile ? Give reasons for your answer. 4. Who may be a party to an offence and therefore guilty of an offence under the Crimes Act ? 5. When is a dying declaration as to the cause of death relevant ? 6. What provision is made in the Evidence Act in regard to poisoning cases ? 7. What must be established to make a confession tendered in evidence in a criminal proceeding inadmissible ? 8. State shortly the provisions of the Evidence Act in regard to impeaching the credit of witnesses. 9. Is it a crime for a woman to unlawfully use on herself an instrument with intent to procure abortion ? Give reasons for your answer.

Prescribed Acts of Parliament. Time allowed: Three hours.

1. For the raffling of what articles may the Minister of Internal Affairs grant permission under the provisions of the Gaming Act ? 2. What are the provisions of the Gaming Amendment Act, 1910, in regard to betting ? 3. State concisely the provisions of the Police Offences Act in regard to laying poison. 4. State the provisions of the Police Offences Act as to the duty of a constable for the time being in charge of a person in a state of helpless intoxication. 5. What constitutes keeping a common gaming-house under the Gaming Act ? (5. What are the grounds of objection to an application for a publican’s license under the Licensing Act ? 7. State the provisions of the Police Offences Act in regard to obscenity. Police Regulations. Time allowed : Three hours. 1. When a member of the Force is removed to hospital through illness or injury contracted or received on duty, what is the duty of the sergeant in charge of the station relative thereto ? 2. What do the regulations prescribe as regards the use of influence by members of the Force or their friends ? 3. What do the regulations prescribe as regards the sending of official telegrams by members of the Force ? 4. What are the duties of the police as regards divorce cases '{

5. How should a police-station diary be kept, and what should be entered therein ? 6. What are the duties of a police matron ? 7. What are the duties of a sergeant in charge of a station other than a head station ? 8. What are the duties of a sergeant in charge of a section of men on ordinary beat and point duty in a city ?

Police and Detective Duties. Time allowed : Three hours. 1. What powers of entry into and search of a gaming-house has a constable under the provisions of the Gaming Act ? 2. Give as full a description as possible of vour powers of arrest without a warrant. 3. What are the duties of a constable as regards the security of life and property on his beat ? 4. If it is reported to you that a person has died after a short illness and that it is suspected that it is a case of murder by the administration of poison, what steps would you take in the matter ? 5. What do the regulations prescribe as regards the borrowing or lending of money between members of the Force ? 6. Define what is meant by (1) a defaulter-sheet; (2) a merit-sheet ; and what the object is of keeping these sheets. 7. Define the duties of the police as regards the supervision of—(1.) Pawnbrokers and their shops. (2.) Second-hand dealers and their shops. 8. What are your duties when a sudden death is reported to you ?

Arithmetic. Time allowed: Two horns and a half.

1. Find the cost of 8 cwt. 2 qr. 11 lb. at £3 13s. s£d. a cwt. (any method). 2. After spending of my money I have £265 7s. Bd. left: how much did I spend ? 3. Make out and receipt a bill for a gross of pens at l|d. each ; 240 slates at 3s. 6d. a score ; 16 gallons of ink at 3d. a pint; 6 reams of blotting-paper at J-d. a sheet; 200 exercise-books at 9d. a dozen. 4. A man who owes £3OO can pay only 14s. 3d. in every £1 he owes : how much can he pay ? 5. The weight of wool shipped from New Zealand in 1913 was 187,916,214 lb. packed in 498,792 bales : find to the nearets pound the average weight of the bales. 6. A butcher buys 20 bullocks at £l6 10s. a head ; they average in weight 1,260 lb. He sells the meat at 4d- a lb. and the skins at £1 17s. 6d. each : how much does he gain '? 7. If 116 yards of cloth cost £lO ss. sd. what will be the value of 258 yards of it ? 8. I sold f of my sugar and then jf of the remainder : if I then had 40 lb. left, how much had I at first ? 9. Working by decimals, if possible, find the value of 32| articles at £5 16s. 3d. each. 10. A rectangular field is 20 chains long and 15 chains wide : find the cost of fencing it at 2s. 6d. a yard.

GrEOGRAPHY. Time allowed: One horn and a half. 1. On the blank map of the South Island supplied to you mark in clearly and distinctly- the following features : Cape Foulwind, Puysegur Point, Cape Saunders, Stephen Island, Stewart Island, Lake Ellesmere, Golden Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Lake Ohau, Lake Hawea, Mount Aspiring, Mount Cook, Mount Tasman, Clutha River, Waimakariri River, Waitaki River, Grey River, and these towns: Nelson, Picton, Reefton, Kaiapoi, Timaru, Lyttelton. Hokitika, Gore, Mosgiel, Dunedin, Balclutha. 2. Describe what has been the probable route of our troopships to the seat of war, and mention any points of interest about the ports of call. Draw a rough sketch to illustrate your answer. 3. What countries produce and export the following articles to England : Wool, cotton, wheat, metals for munitions, meat, hides, rubber, sugar, oats, and tea ?

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Time allow ed: One hour and a half. 1. Write an essay of about 250 to 300 words on one of the following : n[A man’s work in wartime. j§g | A woman’s work in wartime. s&L I The work of the Medical and Red Cross Brigade. .U A &h“ Business as usual.” - ■■■*,} Books. 2. Write a letter to General Godley expressing your appreciation of the work of the New Zealand soldiers in the Dardanelles. Set it out in proper official form, and sign it “ X.Y.Z.” 3. Combine the following into one good sentence : 1. Colonel Muir said. 2. He would have surrendered at once. 3. He had been summoned. 4. He thought. 5. It was his duty to offer resistance. 6. He should be either attacked or.

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Sometimes the Government may be a Mayor and Council, as in a city ; sometimes a King, as in a kingdom, with his Council and Parliament; sometimes, as in a republic, a President, assisted by a Council and Parliament. In the Australian States and New Zealand the Government consists of the Governor, who represents the King ; the Parliament; and the Cabinet, or Executive Council. But whatever form it may take a Government cannot do the work for which it has been set up unless it has a large fund of money. inanimate development vigilance pinioned cautiously fatigue garrison religion uproariously, collision