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NEW POLICE COMMIS
SIONER. |
Supt. Nicholson Chosen, j
As was predicted in "The Age" on, the'
JVWfrnalion ot Sir Jufim G«Uibraiid, Lhc j
State Government ha© decided to appoint i
Superintendent Nicholson us Chief Com-i
missiouiv of tiie Victornui police. In an- 1
nouncing the decision of Cabinet ycslci- 1
day the Premier said Superintendent!
Nicholson had been appointed for a period!
of three years at a .salary of £1050 per i
annum. TJic limitation of the tenure, he!
said, was uot to be" taken aa indicating !
'that Superintendent Nicholson would
ncciwsariiy relinquish the iiosilion at the
tcriniuaiion of the period of three years;
it simply meant that the Government
would then be in a jAiHilion to »eview the
matter in the light of the conditions that
might then exist.
i'he new Coimniienonor of Police will he
GO years of age on 25th July next. He
joined the police force in March, li&O,
ami at the time of appointment to the
new post was lhc senior superinten
dent.
1 hirty applications for the position
\erc m;ciVtd by the Government, and al
though the majority of the applicants were
Tfwiilents ol \ ictoria sotr»c oi tJufin »\ere
from England or America or oLher coun-
triefi. A suh-conimittee %>f Cabinet nar
rowed the Held ol selection down, and
eventually the names of live applicants
acre submitted to Minister©, thr.se being
the tlin-e Victoriaim (Supermieiideiu Nteh-
olson, Brigadier-General Bruche and Brj-
gadier-Gcncral Dodtls, secretary of the
Military Board), Mr. Suart, a well-known
London police officer, and Mr. Crui, an I
officer of the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Ministers after careful deliberation deter
mined U> select Superintendent Nicholson
in view of his hxsd experience, bis iiu-i-
niate knowledge of the inner workings of
the force (an essential qualification), and
the success which he is considered to have
achieved in his adminis ration of irobrc
matters during his short period of com
mand as acting Coininissijuer.
vri,Ci l"'r,eat4?r purt of Superintendent
Nicholson s career has been sjwnt in the
couutry. Iits first appointment on joining
the force was in Melbourne, but later lie
was transferred to Ballarat. Wliite in
Vdivt 0 " endource police station in
j / hj was awarded the police valor
badge for bravery in arresting George Kara,
an armed man who had taken possesion
of an hotel, and threatened to shoot all
mnn rSnM' Rirt,Tlc with this
Constable Nicholson was shot on the
thumb and ribs, but he succeeded in over-
powonne and arresting the man, who was
snbseqnently sentenced to a lone term of
in -er. a Jatoi- appoiiitmcnt
ior,,.? / it Nicholson rc-
qir Tnl r aiion ' w c 'lc rain, 'lined till
n\ e r. .Ii.bnuid resumed from the
Lnief Commissioner's chair.
t'10 police Superintendent
Nicholson is rpKarded as a capable and fair
officer, and the appointment of „ p„i(.p
officer to the position of Cln'ef (Mmm'v
sooner is looked upon with Reneral satis
faction m the force.
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