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One was Colonel (later Sir Charles)
Rowan, who had fought in the Penin-
sula and at Waterloo. The other was the
thirty-three-year-old barrister son of an
Irish judge, Mr., afterwards Sir Richard
Mayne. The combination of soldier and
lawyer worked smoothly, and London
owes a great debt to the tact and admin-
istrative abilities of these two men.

In 1850, Sir Charles Rowan retired.
He was succeeded by another army
man, Captain Hay, but this time the
dual control did not work well. When
Hay died in 1855, Sir Richard Mayne
was left in sole charge, and never again
were there two Commissioners.

During Mayne’s thirty-nine years as
Commissioner, the Metropolitan Police
district was enlarged to an area of 688
square miles — almost its present size —
and the force increased to nearly 9,000
men. The next Commissioner was Colonel
Sir E. Henderson, who had previously
spent twenty years in the prison service
in Australia and in England. A quiet,
self-possessed man with great common-
sense, Henderson did much for the force.

Tor Hats DiIsAPPEARED

During his time as Commissioner, that
splendid institution, the Metroplitan and
City Police orphanage, was founded.
Henderson urged the Government to in-
crease his men’s pay, and improve the
amenities at police stations. The old
top hats and Wellington boots had dis-
appeared in 1858. Henderson made fur-
ther improvements in the uniform, gave
men permission to wear plain clothes
when off duty and allowed them to
wear beards or moustaches. Previously
“whiskers only’ had been the order.

In 1885, the year before Sir G. Hen-
derson retired, a site on the Embank-
ment was purchased for the erection of
a new police headquarters.

Peel had thought that the establish-
ment of the Metropolitan Police would
lead to a state-controlled force for the
whole country. Nationalization of the
police has been suggested in Parliament
several times, but outside London, local
authorities have preferred to control
Whenever another

their own_ police.

police force needs help, however, ¢
“Yard” is ready, usually with the j;
mediate dispatch of detectives. Proyj
cial police officers frequently atte,
courses of instruction at Scotland Ya;
as do others from Empire forces,
Quite apart from the important wo
being done by Yard men in Europe,
mentioned at the outset of this artic
the end of war has found all Brit)
police forces under strength and in y
gent need of rebuilding. No fewer th;
15,000 new recruits have to be enliste
trained and placed in a reserve pool fro
which they will eventually be posted —
the Metropolitan or other British poli
forces. A big problem, but it will |
tackled—and solved—by Scotland Yar

SURREY is noted for its many fir
beaches and mild climate but we did 1
know that history was being made j
egg production until we noticed the fo
lowing advertisement in The Semiahamo
Sun:

FOR SALE—12-year-old Leg-

horn hens, laying, 45 ready to

lay. Apply ....

Even the hens live to a ripe old Fe
in Surrey.

A HORSE was bogged down in dee
mud in a ditch outside Burnaby. So, ;
passer-by phoned the police.

Constable R. I. Stringer responded t
the S.O.S. of the steed. With a towin
truck, tackle and rigging, plus the aid o
a citizen, the constable restored the hors
to terra firma again. This-is just one o
the thousand and one duties of a reall
efficient policeman.

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