The northern territory police magazine $4 c tat

From Canberra:

" I have read the first copy of the Northern Territory Police Magazine ' Citation ' with very considerable interest, and may I offer you my personal congratulations on a thoroughly professional and interesting magazine. I hope that it will have a long and distinguished future. I particularly enjoyed the articles by Mr. D. Lockwood, Mr. R. Reid, and Mr. F. D. Deans which, in their own way, gave me a much better picture of the work of the Force and some of its problems ".

. . . M. G. O'Brien, Editor of

" Australian Territories ".


CITATION — DECEMBER, 1965

From Cyprus:

" My congratulations to the Editor and Staff of Citation'. I found it contained stories of interest, well put together. All the boys have read it from cover to cover. Comments very favourable. Glen Hallahan said: ' It's not a bad effort for a bloke from Tennant Creek!' " . . . Peter Berrill

(Australian U.N. Police Contingent). (Well, wouldn't that Famagusta! — Ed.)

From Nambour, Qld.:

" I would like to congratulate you and your editorial staff on the excellence of the first copy and hope that there will he others of 'similar merit to follow in due course. I found the whole magazine most interesting and particularly liked your editorial which seemed to me a very well-worded piece of journalism and most appropriate for the launching of the first edition.

The famous old ' Ply — you PLY ' story would appeal to those who knew it from the beginning. You have certainly dressed it up in great detail, and the reference to the Superintendent's ever-present cherrywood pipe and irrepressible guffaw brought back vivid memories of the late A. V. Stretton. Regarding the pipe, I think at one stage Bert Loop complained bitterly to Alf about the stink of the thing and the clouds of smoke which drifted into his (Koop's) office, but I don't think the complaint had any effect ".

. . . Peter Riley. From Byron Bay, N.S.W.:

" A note to say how much I enjoyed Citation '. I

had a copy of the Christmas issue of * and it's far

inferior to your effort. In fact if I was still in Darwin, I would be trying to steal a couple of those correspondents of yours. I liked the editorial. You seem to have a good cross-section of old-time veterans writing for you and of course to an outsider these are the best parts of the magazine. There seems to be no reason why you should ever run out of this sort of material, provided it does not come out too often. The Swan cartoon also was a beauty.

The more current stuff, policewomen, etc., is not so readable to a non-policeman like myself, but of course it is vitally necessary in such a publication.

It is a good thing to sec a magazine of this type out. If it circulates around the public a bit, it will remind them of a few things the police have done in the Northern Territory. It must have been a good force to he a member of before the war, though it is getting far more run-of-the-mill these days of course ".

. . . Keith Willey. (* Ahem! A very well known publication! — Ed.)

From a pioneer of 4 year's standing:

" Awl You blokes arc all the same up here. You just harp on and on on the old Nostalgia, and nothing else ".

From a pioneer of 40 year's standing:

" The new badge is terrible — nothing traditional about it, and Bill Jacobs would have looked much better Citation ' in our hat ".

(Yes but on the 4-year-old chestnut mare " Lady " he looked alright even in a cap. Anyhow, hats arc truinps this time — see cover — Ed.)

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From an unbeliever:

" Ar — you're wastin' yer flamin time, mate. They'll finish up using them like newspapers anyhow ".

From a Darwin Policeman (since reported missing, thank goodness) — " Police Magazine? What ruddy Police Magazine?"

From a Racist (?):

" Bit of a Yank enthusiast, aren't you? Citation, indeed! What's wrong with Phar Lap, or even old Carbine? "



The late plain clothes Constable Ron Corbin, in his Palestine

days.