“A police cycle patrol in Christchurch, which was raised to thwart a horse fiend. From left: Constables J Andrews, D G Sinclair, W Ainsworth, A E Rowell, P Fitzgerald, District Clerk A Stanton, Constables T Barrett, J Hayes, S Flewellen, Cycling Instructor Mr F Painter, Constable D H Hannafin, Sergeant Major W T Mason, Detective R Marsack, Constable J Dougan, Station Cook W Kwoe, Constable W Tonkin, and Detective L D Benjamin. Taken by Frederick Nelson Jones in 1896.”
(The “horse fiend” was someone who was stabbing horses.)
(National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, 1/1-009322-G.)
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