Constable Ernest Bingham , who has been in charge of the Riverton Police District since August, 1900, was born at Spalford, Tasmania, where he was educated, and brought up to farming. He arrived in Southland in 1893, and after engaging for some time in sawmilling, joined the police force in Dunedin on the 13th of February, 1897. Mr Bingham served for eleven months in Dunedin, and was then transferred to South Dunedin, where he remained till transferred to Riverton, in August. 1900. He has been a member of the Order of Rechabites since 1886, when he joined a Tent in Tasmania. Mr Bingham was married, in January, 1895, to Miss Hewett, a daughter of the late Robert Hewett, of Campbelltown, and has one son.