Police.—Letter from the Austro-Hung ian Acting Consul-General submitted, i forming the Council that HI. and R.' Ap. 'Majesty, by an Imperial decree dated 11th February, has deigned to confer upon Mr. Penfold' the Golden Cross of Merit, and on Mr. Stripling the Silver Cross with the Crown, in recognition of the services rendered by them to the Austro-Hungarian Consulate-General since its establishment in 1869, and asking in what manner they would wish the distinctions to be presented.
Decided that the whole force should be paraded at the Central Station, and that Mr. Haas should be asked to attend and present the decorations.
The Meeting then adjourned.
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