London, May 2.
During a debate on the police vote Jin the House of Commons to-day, ithe Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Sir Herbert Samuel, said he believed that the British police force was superior to all others in point of efficiency. If its strength were reatly increased it would probably more effective in suppressing Jerime but the cost involved had to be considered, Sir Herbert stated that before the War the police of England and Wales cost £7,000,000 to the Exlehequer and 1 Last year it cost £21,000,000, although the mem= bers had increased only from 54,000 to. 68,000.
per cent. of the police were engag He said that in London about 73 In" trafic control,_-A considerable saving could be effected by the use of automatic light signals which were extremely effective and the increased use of which was desirable. The alteration. of regulations permitting motorists to. lock parked Jears, he went on to say, should serve as a precaution against the use of cars by bandits, Finally, he urged tradesmen not to leave valuables in jows protected only by glass and advised a return to the custom of using grilles—Wireless through. Reuter.
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