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== Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir ==

Dowling had a weakness - the attractions of the many Bourke Street drinking shops were too strong for him. But it was worth while to save him from temptation, and he was moreover quite willing to be saved. Hence it was that he took kindly to the most dismal work in the whole service perhaps-the patrol of the lower wharves on the Yarra River .