POLICE PROMOTION
INSPECTOR C. MV. LOPDELL WELLINGTON SU PERINTENDENT i_ [FHO.M Ol'lt OWN C pKIIKSPONDF.NT] HAMII iTON, Wednesday The promotion of '.lnspector C # W. Lopdell. officer in elnjrge of the Hamilton police district. Ito the rank of superintendent and Jhis transfer to Wellington have beeti announced. He will he succeeded b;yj Inspector G. 15. Kd wards. of Gisjxorne, who was formerly a sergeant, a-J- Hamilton. Superintendent Lopdell joined the police department iti.'Wellington as a constable in If>ol, anil four years later was transferred to D'anedin. He served later at Balelutha, , Qiieenstown and New Brighton, and in 1916 was made a sergeant. He was later stationed in Christchurch, Wellington and Te Kuiti. Attaining the rank ,of senior-sergeant in 1921, he served 311 Wanganui for seven years before returning to Wellington as chief dete t'tive. He became sub-inspector in 1930' and inspector in 19132, when he took cl Large of the Westland district. For tlie last six years he has been inspector? at Hamilton.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23616, 28 March 1940, Page 15
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162POLICE PROMOTION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23616, 28 March 1940, Page 15
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