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VOLUME ONEOCTOBER, 1966

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Dear Members and Erdeau3,

Without readin i . ; a n y f u r t h 3 r you w i l l know t h a t someth ing i s d i f f e r e n tabout O c t o b e r ' s n e w e l c A e r . S o f a r t h e words a r e n o t much d i f f e r e n t , b u tthe t y p i n g i s - a n d no w i t h t h e e d i t o r .

I a r r i v e d back i n New Zea land l a s t month t o f i n d t h a t t h e e d i t o r ' sp o s i t i o n i n t h e I . P. A . N e w s l e t t e r was s t i l l v a c a n t . P e r h a p s I d i d n ' t haveenough energy t o p r o t e s t , because s u d d e n l y I f o u n d l e t t e r s coming t o me a twork, f o r m i d a b l y addressed t o "THE EDITOR".

However, w o r d s m o t g o i n t o p r i n t a n d my t y p e w r i t e r c l a t t e r s o n . T h ehardes t t a s k s o f a r has been t o make s u r e t h e p r i n t e d words a r e s p e l tc o r r e c t l y . T h e p rob lem i s - when t h e words l o o k wrong - what do y o u do t omake them l o o k r i g h t ? P e r h a p s a f t e r t h e n e x t Wednesday I can i n v e s t i n ad i c t i o n a r y.

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On 2 8 t h September, 1 0 6 6 a t 8 p . m . a meet ing o f t h e N a t i o n a l Execu t i veCounc i l was h e l d , a t C r a w f o r d ' s house, 2 0 Rossmay Toe , Auck land . I fthe mee t ing had been a f a i l u r e , t h e d i n n e r was c e r t a i n l y wor th t h e v i s i t .But t h e meet ing was 7 - t w o r t h w h i l e - t h e f o l l o w i n g i s t h e bus inessconducted: T h e r e were f i - 3 membors p r e s e n t .

AT I 2 P I E S : R e c e i v e d f r o m B a s i l Johns tone , S e n i o r V i c e P r e s i d e n t o fMurapera who phoned d u r i n g t h e mee t i ng , To n y Curd, V i c eP res i den t o f P o r i r u a and R i k Dos o f We l l i n g t o n .

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2. D i s t r i b u t i o n o f and payment f o r l e t t e r h e a d s - q u a r t o t y p i n g p a p e rw i t h I . P. A . l e t t e r h e a d p r i n t e d a n d d i s t r i b u t e d . P a y m e n tau tho r i sed .

3. P r . a r e s s r e p o r t o n l a a e l badges ( 0 1 F e r r a l l ) - Badges have a r r i v e d ,and a l r e a d y 15 o r d e r s have been t a k e n f o r them.

41,. N e w s l e t t e r and Ru les f r o m A r t h u r Tr o o p ( S t o d d a r d ) - C o n s t i t u t i o nr e t u r n e d f r o m A r t h u r Troop approved .

5. B r i e f p r o g r e s s r e p o r t F i n a n c e ( M r s Crawfo rd ) - a t p r e s e n t we have .e . . .e j i n t h e b a n k . . L e t t e r h e a d s a n d s u n d r y payments approved .

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6. R e p l y o f Commisoioner ( O ' F e r r a l l ) - n o r e p l y has been r e c e i v e d f r o mthe Commissioner r e g a r d i n g s u p p o r t f o r and n o t i f i c a t i o n o fthe f o r m a t i o n o f t h e New Zea land S e c t i o n o f I . P. A .

7. E d i t o r o f N e w s l e t t e r ( M i s s Waymouth) - M i s s Waymouth was welcomedto t h e c o u n c i l i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f " E d i t o r " . I t i s p lannedto p r i n t a n d d i s t r i b u t e n e w s l e t t e r s e v e r y t h r e e months.

B. W e l l i n g t o n R e g i o n a l Committee - n o communicat ion f r o m We l l i n g t o n hasbeen r e c e i v e d a s r e g a r d s commi t tee members o n t h e Reg iona lCommittee. A mee t ing was h e l d on 6 -10 -66 - d e t a i l s l a t e r .

9. A u c k l a n d R e g i o n a l Committee - I t was d e c i d e d t o c a l l a meet ing o fAuckland members t o f o r m a R e g i o n a l Committee - meet ing t obe h e l d on 6 - 1 0 - 6 6 . - d e t a i l s l a t e r .

10. A n y o t h e r bus i ness - ar rangements have been made f o r payment o f t h ebadges f r o m P a k i s t a n .

At t h o same t i m e a s we had t h e F l a g s h i p o f t h e A u s t r a l i a n Navy - ERASMELBOURNE - i n Auck land t h e r e was a member o f t h e Sydney P o l i c e T r a f f i cBranch i n h o t p u r s u i t ! O n t h e 1 7 t h September, A l a n Douglas and h i s w i f et f A r k i e l a r r i v e d i n Auck land f o r t h e d a y o n t h e Un ion Steamship Company's s h i pARCADIA.

They wore welcomed t o Now Zea land b y Nora Crawfo rd and t h e n t o g e t h e rw i t h J i m S t o d d a r t t h e v i s i t o r s won t o n t o e n j o y some t e a and cakes w i t h ' S p o r t 'Cook. T h o y c rossed t h e Wai tomata t o moot u p w i t h John O ' F e r r a l l and weretaken u p t o t h e S i g n a l S t a t i o n o n t h e t o p o f Mount V i c t o r i a i n Devonportwhere t h e y o b t a i n e d a panoramic v i e w o f t h e c i t y . A f t e r l u n c h w i t h Johnand Frances O t F o r r a l l , o u r v i s i t o r s wore t a k e n t o see o t h e r p l a c e s o f i n t e r e s ti n t h e c i t y and had t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f mee t i ng o t h e r New Zea land members.They were w ined and d i n e d a t ' C h e z C r a w f o r d ' b e f o r e b e i n g e s c o r t e d back t ot h e i r s h i p , i n t i m o f o r them t o c o n t i n u e o n t h e i r h o l i d a y t o F i j i , Panamaand o n t o Europe .Since t h e 1 7 t h l e t t e r s o f t hanks have been r e c e i v e d b y Crawfords and O l F e r r a l l sf rom t h e Doug las f a m i l y .

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B i l l came o v e r m a i n l y t o ; o c a t e h i s u n c l e , whom he had n o t seen f o r 36years a n d I am happy t o say t h a t h e made c o n t a c t w i t h Mr N i c h o l a s s e n i o r a tP a r n e l l on Thu rsday. H o was shown a round t h e t o w n on F r i d a y, i n c l u d i n g av i s i t t o t h e S i g n a l S t a t i o n , o n M t . V i c t o r i a . H o a n d h i s w i f e hope t o g odown_to R o t o r u a b e f o r e l e a v i n g f o r t h e r e t u r n t r i p t o Sydney. B i l l i semployed b y t h e L a n t a s A i r l i n o s a s a S e c u r i t y gua rd , a n d i s a p a r t t i m epol iceman w i t h t h e Sydney Force .

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he must a p o l o g i s e t o Ga ry Lambert - we t r i e d t o change h i s name t olifiRRY. T h i n k i n g i t o v e r , i t r a t h o r s u i t s h i m , b u t a s h e o b j e c t s we w i l lt r y c a l l h i m G a l . o r - how about 1.1RE/7

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I am w r i t i n g t h i s t o d e s c r i b e t o y o u t h e h o s p i t a l i t yard k i n d n e s s r e c e i v e d b y my w i f e , d a u g h t e r a n d m y s e l f o n at r i p t o B r i t a i n i n Sep tember 1 9 6 5 . A f t e r e x p e r i e n c i n g s u c hwarmth a n d c o n s i d e r a t i o n , f r o m s o many o v e r s e a s members, w i t h -out r e s e r v a t i o n a n d a t c o s t i n some c a s e s t o t h e i n d i v i d u a lt h e m s e l v e s , I w i l l a l w a y s t h i n k o f o u r h o l i d a y i n t e r m s o fI . P. A . a l l i t d i d f o r u s .

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B r i s b a n e w a s o u r f i r s t p o r t o f c a l l w h e r e I f o u n d To mS t r a i n ( t h e Q u e e n s l a n d R e g i o n a l s o c i a l s e c r e t a r y ) w a i t i n g w i t ha c a r t o t a k e u s o n a t o u r . W e w e r e f l a b b e r g a s t e d b y To m ' sen thus iasm f o r o u r a s s o c i a t i o n , a n d a t h i s i n s i s t e n c e o n s h o -wing u s e v e r y t h i n g we h a d t i m e t o s e e i n h i s c i t y . W e m e t h i sw i f e a n d f a m i l y a n d s i n c e o u r v i s i t w e h a v e c o r r e s p o n d e d w i t heach o t h e r f r e q u e n t l y . W e l e f t B r i s b a n e w i t h memor ies o fsuch k i n d h o s p i t a l i t y t h a t i t w a s a l m o s t u n b e l i e v a b l e , a n dt h r i l l e d a t w h a t w e m i g h t e x p e c t i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s i f To m ' st r e a t m e n t a n d f r i e n d s h i p was w h a t I . P . A . s t o o d f o r .

Our n e x t s t o p was S i n g a p o r e a n d h e r e C e s Cooke h a d r a r r a n g e dt h i n g s f o r u s . N a t u r a l l y we p l a . . n e d some s h o p p i n g and C e s twho w a s u n a v o i d a b l y b u s y a t t h i s t i m e , s e n t t w o o f h i sc o l l e a g u e s d o w n t o t h e b o a t t o p i c k u s u p . W e d i d o u r b u y i n g ,a t t h e r i g h t p l a c e s t h a n k s t o o u r new f r i e n d s , t h e n m e t C e si n t h e a f t e r n o o n . A c t , a l l y C e s , w h o i s a C i r g a l e s e b y t h eway, p r o v e d t o b e a w o n d e r f u l p e r s o n , a n d a f t e r a t o u r o f t h ec i t y b y n i g h t w i t h h i s w i f e w e a r l w e n t t o a q u a i n t C h i n e s er e s t a u r a r n ; w h e r e w e t a s t e d l o c a l d i s h e s o f S a t a y a n d o t h e rp r e p a r a t i o n s , a n d d r a n k l e i c h y j u i c e s . I w a s a b l e t o e n t e r t a i nCes a n d h i s w i f e o n b o a r d f o r a s h o r t t i m e b e f o r e we s a i l e dt h a t n i g h t f o r C e l o n .

We a r r i v e d i n Co lombo e f e w d a y s l a t e r a n d t h e r e m e t V i c k yT h u r e i - S i n g h a m who a t t h a t t i m e w a s t h e s t r o n g man o f I . P . A .i n °Py lon . I h a d t h e p l e a s u r e o f m e e t i n g h i s f m i l y a n d s e v e r a lmembers a t V i c k y ' s home a f t e r a q u i c k t o l l r o f t h e c i t y a n dl o c a l z o o . T h e d a y was s l i g h t l y m a r r e d b y t h e r a i n w h i c h i sa f e a t u r e o f t h i s l o v e l y i s l a n d . I t ' s e a s y t o u n d e r s t a n d w h yCey lon i s c a l l e d t h e ' P e a r l o f t h e E a s t ' - t h e r c i s n o p l a c e s o .grePn a s t h i s , b u t n o t t h e g r e e n o f New Z e a l a n d , i t i s a d a r k ! 'g reen t h a t r e f l e c t s t h e c l i m a t e o f G y l o n . I t i s r e a l l y a n .ove rwhe lm ing c o l o u r i n g s e t i n t h e b e a u t i f u l b l u e o f i t ' sw a t e r s . V i c k y t u r n e d o n a d i n n e r f o r u s t h a t i s j u s t i m p o s s -i b l e t o d e s c r i b e i n d e t a i l h e r e - b u t t h e r e w e r e h o t a n d c o l dc u r r i e s , c h i c k e n a n d s a l a d s o f a l l k i n d s , e v e n f o o d s t h a t Thave n e v e r h e a r d o f b e f o r e o r s i n c e . T h e h e a t o f t h e c u r r i e swas c o o l e d w i t h t h e h e l p o f l o c a l a r a c k a n d b e e r .

V i c k y h a d a r r a n g e d f o r t h e P o l i c e l a u n c h t o s t a n d b y i ncase w e h a d m i s s e d t h e l a s t f e r r y o u t t o t h e b o a t a t a n c h o ri n t h e h a r b o u r . W e d i d h a v e r a t h e r a h a i r - t a i s i l g d a s ht h r o u g h t h e c r o w d e d s t r e e t s o f C o l o m b o , s t o p p i n g t o p i c k u pa c a r e s w h i c h my w i f e h a d p u u h a s e d e a r l i e r a n d a l s o c a t c h i n gthe f e r r y j u s t i n t i m e .

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As I h a d n o t b e e n a b l e t o s p e n d t h e l a s t o f my r u p e e st h a t d a y I h a n d e d t h e s e t o V i c k y t o b y a p r e s e n t o r t w o f o rh i s c h i l d r e n f r o m o u r s e l v e s ; b u t a s we b a g a n t o b o a r d t h e b o a ta p o l i c e l a u n c h came a l o n g s i d e a n d t h e r e w a s V i c k y w i t h a h u g ep a r c e l c o n t a i n i n g s i x t e e n h a l f - p o u n d p a c k e t s o f t e a . T h i sl a s t e d u s f o r n e a r l y s i x m o n t h s .

A f e w d a y s l a t e r T. h a d t h e p l e a s u r e o f m e e t i n g C o l o n e lNonis t h e I t a l i a n P r e s i d e n t o f I . P . A . i n J a p l e s . T h e c o l o n e li s a p r o t d I . P . A . s o n a n d h e a p p e a r e d h u r t a l i t t l e w h e n h ecould n o t l o c a t e a n I . I . A . f l a g i n J e w Z e a l a n d o n ' h i s w o r l dmap t h a t h e k e e p s u p t o d a t e i n h i s o f f i c e a t t h e / ) a e c h i oAng iono . W e l a t e r m e t a n o t h e r member, V i t t o r i o P e t r o c c o , w h ohod s p e n t some t i m e i n E n g l a n d a n d s p o k t E n g l i s h v e r y w e l l .We were t a k e n o n a n e x c i t i n g t o u r o f N a p o l i w h o r e I managedt o t a k e q u i t e a n u m b e r o f c o l o u r f i l m s . N a p l e s w a s p e r h a p sthe m o s t memorab le o f o u r , s t o p s , f o r t h e I t a l i a r s c e r t a i n l yare t h e m o s t p o l i t e h o s t s t h e r e c o u l d b e . W e l e f t t h e m w i t ha f e e l i n g o f g u i l t p r e v a i l i n g o v e r u s , f o r w e w i l l n o d o u b tbe u n a b l e t o r e p a y t h e s e k i n d p e o p l e f o r w h a t t h e y h a v e d o n ef o r u s . B u t w e c e r t a i n l y l o o k f o r w a r d t o t h a t c h a n c e h o p e f u l l y .

I n E n g l a n d we w o r e m e t b y V i c G r a c e o f t h e B r i t i s h T r a n s p o r tP o l i c e a t S o u t h a m p t o n . V i c s w e p t u s t h r o u g h t h e n e c e s s a r yf o r m a l i t i e s w i t h h i g h s p e e d a n d i n a s h o r t w h i l e I w a s amazedt o f i n d t h a t h e h a d g o t u s i n t o a f i r s t - c l a s s c a r r i a g e , a l lby o u r s e l v e s , o n a s e c o n d - c l a s s t i c k e t , V i c h a d p r e v i o u s l ymet D e t e c t i v e I n s p e c t o r ' S p o r t i C o o k t h a t y e a r i n B r i t a i n a n dwe h a d a 1011,4 c h a t a b o u t l i f e i n New Z e a l a n d a n d t h e I . P . A .At I o n d o n E r e c C l e g g , w h o i s n o w i n t h e Commonweal th P o l i c e a tCanber ra , A u s t r a l i a , m e t i s a t W a t e r l o o s t a t i o n a n d w h i s k e d u st h r o u g h L o n d o n t o E u s t o n s t a t i o n t o e c t c h a n o t h e r t r a i n t obonnie S c o t l a n d .

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sent h i s c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o t h e members i n New Z e a l a n d o nthe s u c c e s s f e l o u t c o m e o f t h e i n a u g u r a l m e e t i n g ; w h a t i s mo rehe h a s u n d e r t a k e n t o f i l l o n e o f t h e p o s i t i o n s o n t h e A u c k l a n dR e g i o n a l C o m m i t t e e .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s h a v e a l s o b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m : R o b i nM c K i n l e y, B e l f a s t ; E l l y K i t a m i r i k e , S e c . G e n . U g a n d a a n dC o l o n e l F r a n c e s c o N o n i s t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e I t a l i a n S e c t i o n

i n N a p l e s . .

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Yo u r S e c r e t a r y G e u e r a l i s now i n p o s s e s s i o n o f a n u p t odate l i s t o f t h e S e c r e t a r i a t a d d r e s s e s o f e v e r y s e c t i o n o fthe I n t e r n a t i o n a l P o l i c e A s s o c i a t i o n . S h o u l d a n y member r e o u i r ea c o n t a c t i n a n y o f t h e Member c o u n t r i e s p l e a s e w r i t e t o J i mS t o d d a r t w h o w i l l d o h i s b e s t t o h e l p . S i n c e t h e a c c e p t a n c e o fA u s t r a l i a a s t h e 3 6 t h member c o u n t r y t h e r e h a v e b e e n ; G u y a n a ,Greece, Uganda a n d f i n a l l y N e w Z e a l a n d a s t h e 4 0 t h . q e m b e rc o u n t r y.

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1. C p e n i n g A d d r e s s2. R o l l C a l l a n d a p o l o g i e s f o r a b s e n c e .3. M i n u i t e s o f m e e t i n g h e l d a t B a r c e l o n a , 2 9 t h S e p t - l s t O c t 1 6 5 .4. M a t t e r s a r i s i n g .5. S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l ' s r e p o r t .6. F i n a n c i a l r e p o r t .7 . P o s i t i o n o f S e c t i o n s i n a r - : e a r s o f p a y m e n t o f a n n u a l l e v i e s .8. A d m i s s i o n o f n e w S e c t i o n s .9. A s s i s t a n c e f r o m I n t e r n a t i o n a l F u n d s t o new S e c t i o n s .

10. R e p o r t o n a p p l i c a t i o n t o E . C . C . S . O . C .11. I n t e r n a t i o n a l B i b l i o g r a p h y .12. I n t e r n a t i o n a l N e w s l e t t e r .13. H o n o r a r i u m - I n t e r n a t i o n a l S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l .14. R a d i o A m a t e u r G r o u p - C a n a d i a n S e c t i o n .15. H o b b i e s B u r e a u x .16. E l d e r S t a t e s m e n G r o u p .17. V e n u e o f 1 9 6 g C o n f e r e n c e .18. A n y o t h e r b u s i n e s s .

I - t h i n k a l l members w i l l a g r e e t h a t t h i s i s a v e r y f o r m i d a b l eagenda l I n c a s e w e h a v e a member who i s l i k e l y t o b e i n E u r o p enex t y e a r , t h e 5 t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n g r e s s i s d u e t o b e h e l d i nAmsterdam. T h e r e w o u l d c e r t a i n l y b e s o m e t h i n g t o b e p r o u d o f ,

a D e l e g a t e c o u l d b e a p p o i n t e d t o r e p r e s e n t t h e New Z e a l a n dS e e t i o n a t t h e n e x t I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e C o u n c i l C o n f e r e n c e ,wh ich w o u l d b e t h e c h i e f p a r t o f s u c h C o n g r e s s .

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A u c k l a n d . A s s r e s u l t o f a m o t o r a c c i d e n ton 3 r d S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 6 .B a r r y COEV. became a member o f t h e I . P . A . i nMarch t h i s y e a r . S i n c e r e s y m p a t h y i s e x t e n d e df rom a l l members t o h i s w i f e a n d r e l a t i v e s .

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WELLINGTON TO TILBURY

INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION

Dear I . P, R . Members and f r i e n d s ,

I have been r e q u e s t e d t o w r i t e a s h o r t a r t i c l e f o r t h e N e w s l e t t e r .

Dorothy (Weymouth) a n d I r e t u r n e d t o New Zealand o n 3 1 s t a u g u s t , 1 9 6 6a f t e r a coven month t r i p : N . Z . t o London v i a Hongkong, S u e z , B r i t a i n ,Europe, I r e l a n d , Canada, U . S . A . a n d F i j i . T h i s a r t i c l e c o v e r s f r o mWel l i ng ton t o B r i t a i n - we w i l l have a n o t h e r i n s t a l m e n t i n a l a t e r news-l e t t e r .

SYDNEY - W e s a i l e d f r o m W e l l i n g t o n o n 3 F e b r u a r y, 1966 on P. 1?!:.0. s h i p"Orcades", a r r i v i n g i n t h e p i c t u r e s q u e Sydney harbour o n t h e 6 t h . M yb r o t h e r was i n Sydney s o Do ro thy and I saw much o f t h e c i t y d u r i n g o u r f o u rday v i s i t , i n c l u d i n g B o n d i , M a n l y, Te n p i n bow l i ng , Romanos r e s t a u r a n t w i t hAu Go Go g i r l s danc ing i n g i l d e d cages , C i t y Ta t t e r s a l s C l u b , a M u s i c a l ,Kings Cross b y n i g h t and many i n t e r e s t i n g p l a c e s .

We had t h e p l e a s u r e o f meet ing R a y Dodd ( S e c r e t a r y Gene ra l o f W s t r a l i a nN a t i o n a l S a c t i o n o f I . P. A . ) a n d h i s w i f e e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r . W e c o n t a c t e dhim i n Sydney and one morn ing a t 9 a . m . t h e r e was a knock a t o u r d o o r. , I twas Mervyn Thompson ( I . P. A . S y d n e y ) . M u r v y n showed u s some o f t h e A u s t r a l i a ncoun t r ys ide s o u t h o f Syndey - R o y a l N a t i o n a l Park and c o a s t l i n e - we werev e r y impressed w i t h what we saw. H e a l s o shou ted u s a g l a s s o f c o l d b e e r- i t was a v e r y warn d a y.

The n e x t d a y Uervyn came t o s a y f a r e w e l l f r o m t h e Sydney I . P. A .' b e f o r e we s a i l e d up t h e c o a s t t o B r i e b a n e .

BRISBANE - F o u r members o f t h e B r i s b a n e I . P. A . t u r n e d o u t a t 5 . 3 0 a . m . - a ssoon a s o u r s h i p docked , t o welcome u s ! O u r c a b i n s t e w a r d i n f o r m e d us o ft h i s and handed u s a l a r g e enve lope c o n t a i n i n g b rochu res , pamph le t s a n dphotos. O n deck we met o u r f r i e n d l y A u s t r a l i a n h o s t s - Tom S t r a i n ( S e c r e t a r yQueensland Reg ion ) , K e i t h , J o h n and Nancy. T h e y had met r e p o r t e r s comingon b o a r d - Doro thy. and I we re i n t e r v i e w e d and photographed - s u c h h o s p i t a l i t ytook a l i t t l e g e t t i n g u s e d t o s o e a r l y i n t h e . m o r n i n g ! T h e y were de te rm inedto show u s a s much o f B r i s b a n e a s t h e y c o u l d d u r i n g o u r s h o r t s t a y . W esaw o v e r t h e modern P o l i c e s t a t i o n , t h e n Nancy t o o k u s t o h e r home i nB r o o k f i e l d f o r b r e a k f a s t i n c l u d i n g l o c a l l y grown p i n e a p p l e and paupau.The h e a t was t e r r i f i c l a t e r i n t h e d a y - we v iewed t h e c i t y f r o m H t . C o o t ,then a t 2 p .m. we boarded t h e s h i p - c a r r y i n g a l a r g e p i n e a p p l e .

HONGKONG - I t was Sunday 20 F e b r u a r y, a t 9 , 3 0 a .m. when we reached Hong Kongharbour. J u n k s i m m e d i a t e l y sur rounded t h e s h i p , w i t h a l l t h e f a m i l y c a l l i n gf o r money t o b o t h r o w n i n t o t h e w a t e r . T h e c h i l d r e n wou ld t h a n d i v e f o r i t .We spen t t w o days a n d even ings i n Hong Kong. S h o p p i n g was f u n - I w a s n ' tany good a t h a g g l i n g o v e r p r i c e s s o I asked D o r o t h y l s h e l p . B e t w e e n u swe bought a camera, r e c o r d p l a y e r , w a t c h and a c a r r a d i o . W e b o t h had a nevening f r o c k made t o o r d e r i n a d a y. H o n g Kong i s c o l o u r f u l a t n i g h t -we d i n e d a t t h e Ta i Pak F l o a t i n g R e s t a u r a n t o n Hong Kong I s l a n d - even usedchopo t i cks !

SINGAPORE - Tempera ture 100°F - we d e c i d e d t o t a k e a 'Cooks To u r ' . W eparsed uany houses o n o u r way t o t h e o r n a m e n t a l T i g e r Balm Gardens. I tseemed t o b e wash d a y - t h e p e o p l e s l i d e p o l e s o u t o f t h e i r windows w i t hthe washing a t t a c h e d . W e a l s o v i s i t e d t h e B o t a n i c a l Gardens were tamemonkeys came o u t o f t h e t r e e s t o e a t bananas. I n t h e a f t e r n o o n we v i s i t e dChange A l l e y where we had t o c l u t c h on t o o u r p u r s e s . I t was a c o l o u r f u ls i g h t w i t h everyone t r y i n g t o s o l i h i s wa res .

BOMBAY - Wh i l e t r a v e l l i n g a c r o s s t h e Bay o f Benga l we saw numerous dhows- I n d i a n t r a d i n g v e s s e l s w h i c h have been used f o r hundreds o f y e a r s .

On Wednesday 2nd March we a r r i v e d a t Bombay and were rushed b y eagert a x i d r i v e r s . W e choose one who s a i d he c o u l d speak E n g l i s h - h i s n icknamewas " S a i n t " . W e v i s i t e d many s i g h t s - i n c l u d i n g a H indu c remator iumwhere t h e y bu rn t h e b o d i e s o f t h e dead between l o g s o v e r open f i r e s . L a t e rwe d rove t o t h e Ma labo r H i l l s , e n t e r i n g t h e Temple o f J a i n t h a n t o t h eHanging Gardens. N e r o t r e e s a r e c u t i n t h e shape o f a n i m a l s . T h e wonenlooked n e a t i n t h e i r c o l o u r f u l s a r i e s , b u t we n o t e d such p o v e r t y as w e l l a si n Hong Kong. O n t h e bus i s f u n i n Bombay-but a b i t o f a d e a t h r i d e s

- Con t i nued -

7) I N T E R N A T I O N A L 'POLICE ASSOCIATION

ADEN - We went a s h o r e i n a f e r r y boa t - t h e p o r t o f Aden i s n e s t l e d a tthe f o o t o f b a r r e n h i l l s . W e wa lked around t h e shopp ing c e n t r e b u t wehad been warned n o t t o pass t h i s , because o f t r o u b l e . T h e presence o fthe Army was n o t i c e a b l e - o u t o f t h e ma in s t r e e t one d i d n ' t f e e l s a f e a t a l l .CAIRO - ho were now s a i l i n g i n t h e Red Sea. A t 7 a .m . w e f e r r y e d t o t h ep o r t o f Suez. S o m e passengers s t a y e d b u t we wore g o i n g o v e r l a n d . I t was120 m i l e s t o P o r t S a i d , W e sow many camels roaming o n t h e f l a t s a n d o fthe Suez D e s e r t . A b o u t m i d - d a y we a r r i v e d i n C a i r o , t h e c a p i t a l o f Egyptwhich i s i n t w o s e c t i o n s - t h e o l d and t h e now. F i v e r i l e s away a r e t h e9 pyramids a t G i z a . W e r o d e o n a camel up t o t h e f o o t o f t h e py ramids .

I t was m i d n i g h t when we a r r i v e d a t P o r t S a i d and 3 a .m . b e f o r e o u rship a r r i v e d t h r o u g h t h e c a n a l and we c o u l d c r o s s t o i t o n t h e pon toons .

NAPLES - Once o n t h e s t r e e t s we were amazed a t t h e l a r g e d o l l s . A youngboy came up t o u s i n t h e s t r e e t a n d asked u s t o come t h r o u g h a d o l l f a c t o r y .

I n t h e a f t e r n o o n we went t o Pompei and wa lked around t h e r u i n s . W ealso v i s i t e d a cameo a n d t o r t i s h e l l f a c t o r y . I t t a k e s a person abou t 1 2years t o l e a r n how t o c a r v e t h e cameo.

LISBON - J u s t o u t o f Nap les we r a n i n t o a- f o r c e 5 g a l e and a heavy s w e l l .• We passed t h e i m p r o s s i Ye Rock o f G i b r a l t a r o n r o u t e t o L i s b o n . O n e o f t h e

f i r s t t h i n g s t h a t t o o k my eye was t h e q u a i n t c o b b l e d s t r e e t s and many o fthe houses had no f r o n t a g e . P o l i c e h e r e wear a smar t g r e y and w h i t eUni form and d r i v e Volkswagens, T h e w a t e r f r o n t d r i v e i s p i c t u r e s q u e - al i t t l e l i k e t h e Auck landd-dve a l o n g M i s s i o n Bay.

LONDON. - On t h e 1 8 t h March we were a t T i l b u r y . T h e r e was a knock a t c a b i nC232 a t 8 . 3 0 a .m. I t was h a r r y Booker - D e t e c t i v e Sergeant a t T i l b u r y ( I PA ) ,Harry- was t o p r o v e a r e a l f r i e n d t o u s . W e were i n t e r v i e w e d b y t h e p r e s sthan t o k e n s t r a i g h t t h r o u g h customs. I n n t a d o f o u r f r i e n d s wa tch ing f o rus t o d isembark we h a d t o g o and f i n d t h e m

London - a w o n d e r f u l c i t y .

Marc a t a l a t e r d a t e f r o m

Josephine C o l l a n a nTakapuna P o l i c e S t a t i o n .

BLAZER BADGESBLANR BADGES BLAZER BADGES B L A Z E R BADGES

BLAZER BADGES B L A Z E R BADGES

Members -

I r e g r e t t o r e p o r t t h a t ow ing t o t h e p r e o e n t G o v t . p o l i c y on overseast r a n s a c t i o n s , i . e . s e n d i n g money o u t o f N . Z , and t h e p r e s e n t i m p o r t r e s t r i c -t i o n s , i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o pu rchase b l a z e r badges a t t h e p r i c e o f 3 0 / - .Every ondoavour has•been made o n y o u r b e h a l f t o t r y and work ” t h e A n g l e s ,but o t h e r t h a n t a k i n g a c a l c u l a t e d r i s k , e a c h member wou ld have t o f o r k o u td u t y a t t h e r a t e o f 33%.

But a l l i s n o t l o s t , B i l l DOUGLAS, a n Auck land member has approachedan Auck land f i r m , w h o have i m p o r t l i c e n c e s , a n d t h e y can make up t h e badgesf o r 3 5 / - - an e x t r a 5 / - . T h e E x e c u t i v e f e e l t h a t t h e e x t r a 5 / - i sn e g l i g i b l e compared w i t h t h e c o s t o f manufac tu re i n t h i s c o u n t r y.

Those members who have a l r e a d y s e n t me money, c o u l d t h e y p lease f o r w a r dthe e x t r a f i v e s h i l l i n g s , i n N .Z . c u r r e n c y. T h o s e members who a r e h o l d i n gon t o E n g l i s h c u r r e n c y o f B r i t i s h P o s t a l n o t e s , c a n e i t h e r send t h e s e t o me,o r i f t h e / p r e f e r t o make o t h e r uses o f t h e a r i t i o h c u r r e n c y, c a n f o r w a r d35 / - i n K i w i money. •

Jim S t o d d a r t .

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New Reg iona l commi t tee h a s boon fo rmed a t Pa lmers ton N o r t h STOP M a n y nowmembers STOP S u b conmdt tee e l e c t e d STOP M o r e news n e x t N e w s l e t t e r STOPDon ' t m i s s o u t STOP

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KL'IAAN ORIENT TOUR

INTERNATIONAL POL ICE ASSOCIATION

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Two t o u r s f o r adven tu re l o v i n g p e o p l e have boon a r ranged - o n t h e25 Augus t , 1967 a n d 3 May, 1968 .

Each t o u r i s 2 1 days i n d u r a t i o n a t a c o s t o f E436 ( i n c l u s i v e ) . T h et o u r s have boon a r ranged w i t h " G l o b e t r o t t e r To u r s " , f e a t u r i n g t r a v e l b y4AATAS.

N.B. - Now Zea land passengers a r e p r o v i d e d w i t h c o n n e c t i n g a i r t r a v e lfrom Auck land, W e l l i n g t o n o r C h r i s t c h u r c h t o Sydney and r e t u r n ,p l us h o t e l accommodation i n Sydney f o r one n i g h t b e f o r e t o u rdepar ts .

For f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n p l e a s e w r i t e t o :

Miss P. E . .RINDS,(Soc. S e c r e t a r y N .S .W. ) ,F l a t 392 " C u r t i s P l a c e " ,48 Morehead S t r e e t , REDFAaa, N .S .W. ( p h o n e 69 -3911)

THE AUSTES ARE COMING

THE POMIJES ARE COMING

Members r e a d i n g t h e September i s s u e o f t h e A u s t r a l i a n P o l i c e I . P. A .magazine w i l l soo t h a t t h e A u s s i e s a r o r e a l l y g o i n g p l a c e s i n 1967-8 .Two f l i g h t s t o t h o O r i e n t , a sea c r u i s e , a n d a t r i p wh ich w i l l no doub ti n v o l v e u s a l l i n N . Z . - a t r i p b y t h e Queensland Region i n 1967. T h ep r i n t e r m i s t have made a n e r r o r - i t shows " 1 9 6 6 " i n t h e nag . W e w i l l a l lhave t o p u l l o u r w e i g h t t o show t h e A u s s i e s cone o f t h e K i w i h o s p i t a l i t y

Not t o b e ou tdone , t h e E n g l i s h , u n d e r t h e capab le o r g a n i s i n g o fTony P u r b r i c k a r e c o n t e m p l a t i n g a n a i r f l i g h t t o N . Z . i n 1968 /9 , T h ewh isper i s t h a t To n y i s c h a r t e r i n g a 125 s e a t e r p l a n e , a n d t h e c o o t i sl e s s t h a n h a l f t h e r e t u r n no rma l f a r e . T o n y must b e a pe rsuas i vec h a r a c t e r w i t h t h e A i r l i n o s . . . . ( F o r u o r o d e t a i l s see t h e summer i s s u eo f t h e B r i t i s h * P o l i c e W o r l d " . )

I . P. A . PROMOTION & PUBLICITY

A g r o a t b o o s t h a s boon g i v e n t o t h e I . P. A . b y newspaper p u b l i c i t y .I n Auck land t h e newspapers gave v e r y good p u b l i c i t y t o t h o I . P. A . i n t h ea r t i c l e t h e y p u b l i s h e d o n t h e r e t u r n o f t w o p o l i c e women f r o m a w o r l dt r i p . A l s o s i n c e t h e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e Now Zea land S e c t i o n , t h e r e havebeen s o v e r a l a r t i c l e s g i v i n g d e t a i l s a n d i n f o r m a t i o n . A l l t h i s has beeng r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d - a n d i n r e t u r n we w i l l t r y and g i v e t h e newspapers aboost -

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9) INTERATIOOAL P O L I C E ASSOCIATION

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The space r a c e i s o n . S o m e t e a r t h r o u g h i t f a s t e r t h a n b i r d s e v e rw i l l . O t h e r s f i l l s p a c e s w i t h a l l i x tnner o f t h i n g s f r o m s a t e l l i t e sp lanes and b a l l o o n s t o houses, s h r u b s and peop le . Y o u w i l l have r e a dabout t h e s h o r t a g e o f space i n t h e w o r l d t o cope w i t h t h e p o p u l a t i o nexp los ion ; I wonder what t h e p r i c e o f a d v e r t i s i n g space w i l l be t hen?

Othen you canno t p a r k y o u r c a r , o r you j u s t canno t q u i t e g e t o nt h a t b u s , when you have a few l i n e s and o n l y one l e f t t o t y p e i t o n o rwhen t h e d rops o f b e e r s p i l l o v e r t h e g l a s s , w h a t y o u r e a l l y need i sspace. P e r h a p s a n o t h e r b e e r g l a s s !

I t h a s been r e p o r t e d f r o m a u s u a l l y r e l i a b l e sou rce t h a t e x c e l l e n tprogress i s b e i n g made i n t h e p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r t h e l a n d i n g s i t e o n t h emoon. T h r e e l a r g e y e l l o w r o c k e t s o f t h e r e s e a r c h company o f Wonstoneand Wai t -a -Me can b e seen o n t h e i r l a u n c h i n g pads a t Ta r a n g i o n t h e s h o r eo f t h e p u r e s t o f t h e f r e s h - w a t e r l a k e s i n t h e N o r t h I s l a n d . N e a r l y 3m i l l i o n 1 , 5 . 4 have a l r e a d y been s p e n t o n t h e p r o j e c t a n d i t i s expec tedt h a t a c a r e f u l budget w i l l have t o b e m a i n t a i n e d t o p r e v e n t i n r o a d s i n t othe r a c e - h o r s e b reede rs g r a n t .

When w i l l t h e s i t e b e ready? T o p s e c r e t ! D u e t o t h e p o s s i b i l i t yo f two c l o s e l y compet ing s p a c e c r a f t s l a n d i n g o n t h e moon i n q u i c ksuccession, t h e s i t e i s l a r g e enough t o t a k e a two s p a c e c r a f t f a m i l y .When t h e r a c e i s r e a l l y u n d e r way and t h e y a r e neck -a -neck , g i v e a t h o u g h tto t h e boys who have gone ahead f r o m Tu r a n g i f o r t h e ' b i g p o u r ' i np repa r ing t h e e v e r l a s t i n g c o n c r e t e l a n d i n g pad .

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NEWS F R O M AUCKLAND

On Thursday t h e 6 t h Oc tobor, 1 9 6 6 a meet ing was h e l d a t t h e M t .Edon S t a t i o n , c o m e n c i n g a t 8 p . n . T h o s e i n v i t e d were members o f t h eAuckland Reg ion . T h e nurpose o f t h e meetThg was t o e l e c t t h o Reg iona lCommittee and a permanent sub-commi t tee d e a l i n g w i t h s p e c i a l a c t i v i t i e s

Twelve members wore p r e s e n t , a n d t h e c h a i r was t a k e n b y t h e S e c r e t a r yGeneral , J i m S t o d d a r t . A p o l o g i e s were r e c e i v e d f r o m M a r t i n Soars , M i c kHaggard, B i l l Doug las , J o h n O ' F e r r a l l , N e i l We l l s , H a r o l d Brown, B r i a nWi lk inson and Doro thy Waymouth.

The f o l l o w i n g were e l e c t e d i n t o o f f i c e , b y a m a j o r i t y v o t e o f membersat t h e meet ing -

CHAIRmAN - D e t e c t i v e I n s p e c t o r W i l l i a m T. Cook .

VICE ONAIRmAN - Sorgeant Robe r t Reay. TREASURER - Ches ley B i r c h

SECRETARY - P e r c y Gi i raour D E L E G A T E TO NEC - E l i z a b e t h F. BENNETT

The f o r m a t i o n o f a permanent s u b - c o n n i t t e e was t h e n d iscussed a t l e n g t h ,and i t was dec ided b y members a t t h e mee t i ng t h a t t h e sub-commit tee s h o u l ddea l p r i m a r i l y w i t h e n t e r t a i n m e n t s . f o r m e m b e r s and f r i e n d s i n t h e Auck landRegion. T h o s e e l e c t e d were

Sergeant B r i a n DAD, S e n i o r Sergeant E . BE:INETT, M o l l y SIN, Dougo lCRAWFORD, Paddy STEWART ( r e t i r e d Konya member, a s s o c . B r i t i s h S e c t i o n )

Al though Paddy S tewar t i s n o t a N . Z . member, h e i s a f u l l y p a i d upmember o f t h e B r i t i s h S e c t i o n , a n d he has shown such a t e r r i f i c i n t e r e s t i nthe f o r m a t i o n o f t h e N . Z . N a t i o n a l S e c t i o n , t h a t members p r e s e n t f e l tt h a t h e wou ld g i v e a b i g boos t t o t h e sub-commi t tee and t h e i r f u t u r e a c t i v i t i e s .

There was n o f u r t h e r bus iness and t h e n e e t i n g c l o s e d a t 9 . 1 5 p .m .On b e h a l f o f t h e N . E . C . , I wou ld l i k e t o o f f e r my c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o

those parsons e l e c t e d . I know t h a t b y w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r you w i l l make t h eAuckland Region f l o u r i s h i n o v a r y f o r m , a n d you can be s u r e t h a t e v e r yass i s t ance w i l l b e g i v e n b y t h e N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e .

Jim S t o d d a r t , S e c . Gen.