FORTY YEARS' SERVICE.
CONSTABLE AT NORTHCOTE.
After 40 years' service in the New Zealand Police Force, Constable C. H. Warneford, who has been in charge of the Northcote police station for the past four years, will retire to-dav on superannuation with three months' leave of absence. lie will reside in Auckland
At the time Mr. Warneford entered the service the wage was 7s a day, out of which the policeman had to pay for his own uniform and life insurance, and no pension scheme existed. lie first joined the Permanent Artillery in Wellington. Eighteen months later he was transferred to Fort Takapuna, at Auckland. He was appointed to the police force in Wellington, and after serving on various stations he was placed in charge of the station at Okaiito, West Coast, South Island. Subsequently he was in charge at Martinborough and Mokau, and was for 12 years at Frankton Junction prior to going to Northcote in June, 1926.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 12
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