MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVIII, Issue 22, 7 June 1933, Page 350

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

Resignation. No. 2965. Constable Kitchin, John Southward. 27th May, 1933.

Retired on Pension under Section 32, Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, as Medically Unfit. No. 828. Constable Jones, Alfred Hastings. 31st May, 1933.

Circular No. 1/1933.] Serving Summonses on Board H.M. Ships. Summonses for persons serving on His Majesty’s ships of war are to be accompanied by a very brief outline of the case just sufficient to enable the Naval officer in charge of the ship to understand the allegations against the defendant and the surrounding circumstances, but not disclosing intimate details which should be reserved for the Court. When a member of the Force has a summons for a person serving on one of His Majesty’s ships he will first request to see the Officer of the Day, to whom he will deliver the summons and the brief statement referred to. He will draw the attention of the Officer of the Day to the time and place at which the offender’s (or witness’s) attendance is required. When summonses are so served, the Naval authorities undertake to ensure attendance of defendant or witness at Court as required by the summons. The police officer will make an affidavit that he served the summons on a person over the age of sixteen years at the defendant’s (or witness’s) place of abode-- i.e., the warship. This arrangement will dispense with personal service except in unusual circumstances when personal service is deemed necessary. W. G. W ohlmann, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, Ist June, 1933. (P. 33/516.)

Memorandum.] The Director of the United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, has informed me that he is developing an international exchange of -criminal identification data through the medium of finger-prints, and he proposes to forward to this office records of those who appear to be citizens of this Dominion for consideration and advice as to previous convictions recorded here or whether they are wanted for offences in this Dominion. This Department has agreed to reciprocate by forwarding to the Bureau at Washington finger-prints and crime records of American citizens who come under notice of the police in New Zealand. In furtherance of this understanding, officers in charge of districts will please see that in respect of offenders in this Dominion who are or who have been citizens of the United States, their finger-prints and criminal records are forwarded to this office accompanied by a report briefly setting out what is known of the offender including date of arrival, character, mode of life, conjugal state, and where and to whom known in the United States. W. G. W ohlmann, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 31st May, 1933. (C.R. 33/94.)