MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LIV, Issue 19, 15 May 1929, Page 328

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

Resignation. No. 2332. Constable Knotts, Joseph Janies. Ist May, 1929.

Constable required for Duty at Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Applications will be received up to 15th proximo from married constables of over three years’ service, without children or with only very young ones, for the purpose of selecting a constable for duty at Rarotonga, Cook Islands, to fill the positions of Chief Officer of Police, Gaoler, and Bailiff of the High Court. The salary will be at the rate of £3OO per annum, increasing by two annual increments of £25 to £350 per annum, together with £IOO per annum tropical allowance. Free quarters with furniture (except bedding, cooking-utensils, crockery, &c.) are also provided. The constable selected will require to furnish a medical certificate of fitness of himself, wife, and family for residence in the tropics, and must also enter into an agreement to remain in the Cook Islands for a period of three years. Steamer fares to Rarotonga for the constable, wife, and family will be paid by the Cook Islands Department, also the return fares provided the period of three years is completed or the appointment is terminated by the Administration through no fault of the officer. The cost of transport to Rarotonga of household effects other than furniture will be be paid by the Department, but no payment will be made in connection with the disposal or storage of furniture in New Zealand.

The constable will retain his seniority and superannuation rights in the New Zealand Police Force. Service in the Cook Islands counts as time and a half for superannuation purposes.

Applications are to be forwarded through the officer in charge of the district, who, when transmitting them to this office, will report as to the fitness or otherwise of applicants for the position. No constable whose own health, or that of his wife or children, is not good should apply. The successful applicant will be required to proceed to Rarotonga towards the end of October next. W. B. Mcllveney, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 9th May, 1929.