"Wert how are things going?! asked a man Police Training in the bar, of his bookmaker friend, "Simply terrible," replied the: bdokie, with a which soon find an interesting' reflection. in change in the London Metropolitan Police sigh. "I lost' a packet over the Derby." "But didn't you do any good over Ascot?" es place today when Lieut.-Col.
"No; that was even worse,"
G. H. R. Halland relinquishes his post as Commandant of the Hendon Police School, the first wi ce, you got home a bit over Good-police stag college in England, and becomes an The bookie sighed. more heavily, Inspector of Constabulary, Col, Halland is no "No; then, again, I lost a packet" stranger to Shanghai, nor are his name and His friend then said, "Welhý why- don't you reputation without distinction in police circles give it up? It doesn't seem to be much good for he was one of the pioneers in scientific to you." police training. He entered the Punjab police "Give it up?" asked the bookmaker in surprise, in 1908 and after war service he was appointed "Don't be a fool, man—why, it's my living." Principal of the Punjab Police School, a post he held for five years. He was attached to the
and subsequently to the North China Command, cag a the Shanghai Defence Force in 1927 On the Other Foot Line John had peen naughty and his After further service in India and England he mother had to punish him, Afterwards, talking was appointed head of the newly-formed police it over with the child, his mother said: "John, school at Hendon, and although the innovation are you sorry for being naughty?" created some good-natured scepticism in "Yes, Mother, I'am," answered John, official and public circles, who wanted their "Well," asked his mother, "do you know what guardians of the law trained in the tried and being sorry means?" It means you won't do it trusted methods of the notebook, the truncheon any more!" and the beat, the school proved a success and A short time later John was naughty again, is beingexpanded. Not only from among promis-and there followed the inevitable pi ing youngsters in the ranks but men were Then John asked his mother: y taken direct from civil life to receive training "Mummy, are you sorry you had to punish fitting them for appointment to higher ranks after only a brief period in the other school—es, John, I'm very sorry, that of experience. About 130 students have "Well, Mummy," said the child, "you know graduated since the school's foundation and for what being sorry means!" the new term, starting on September 11, there will be 55 students, 15 being newcomers and nine of them serving officers. Of the remaining six, three passed competitive examinations and three were selected for their specialist quali-
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fications. Whether the serving policeman makes a better officer than the man from civil-'Temperature near Holy Trinity Cathedral ian life receiving the same school training has Shanghai 24 hours ending 7 p.m.:—not been settled with any degree of certainty Yesterday Min. 745 Max. 89.0 as the school ha? been established only four Same date, 1997 Min. 78.0 lax. 940 years, Nevertheless, the tendency is in favour Rainfall nil, of the serving officer with experience, and four Temperature at Siccawei:—men, all with previous service in the Metro-Yesterday Min, 71.1 Max. 90.3 politan Police, took all the eight prizes avail-Same date, 1937 Min, 75.4 Max. 95.0 able for passing out students in July.
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