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‘Out in the Clear'
AFTTER a series of semi-judicial appeals and decisions which are beyond the understanding of the average layman, Inspector Ernest Steeples (one of the best known of the pre-war police officers) has been confirmed in his position as First Class Inspector of Police by the P-NG Public Service Com missioner. The case was described in the last issue of the FIM.
Mr. Staples is now settled in Rabaul, and there has been no legal challenge to his status when he appeared in court on behalf of the Crown.
Although Mr. Steeples’ position now seems clear, there does appear to be a set-up in the Police Depart ment in Port Moresby that is puz zling. It is said that the system of promotion has got tangled up with the machinery of high bureaucracy.
Assistant Superintendent D. T.
Saint has been seconded from the Fiji Police to be Aide de Camp to the Governor of Fiji. Inspector A. P.
Keelan, who has been ADC since October, 1951, has been seconded to the Fiji Military Forces.
Mr. Eric Grove, . a . trader of Salnafota, W. Samoa, who served with the New Zealanders in the Middle East in World War 11, has been chosen as a member of the NZ contingent for the Coronation.