SENIOR-SERGEANT'S DEATH
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 25. Senior - Sergeant William James Nixon, who since 1914 has been large’.v responsible for the production of the Police Gazette, died suddenly on Thursday night.
He attended a Presbyterian Church function, but presumably because he felt unwell left early for his home at Karori. When the bus reached the terminus all the passengers except Mr Nixon left and he was discovered sitting in a crouched position. It was later ascertained that he was dead.
Born in Northern Ireland, Mr Nixon for some time worked for a British railway company. In 1903 he went to Kimberley, South Africa, where he joined the municipal police force. Later he came to New Zealand and, after serving as an attendant at the Porirua Mental Hospital, joined the police force in 1810. He served in Greymouth, Auckland, and Wellington and in 1914 was transferred to the office of the Police Gazette. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1923 and senior sergeant in 1935. He leaves a widow and a son and daughter.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 203, 27 August 1941, Page 9
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