OBITUARY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12898, 8 February 1906, Page 5

OBITUARY.

SERGEAXT WABBIXG

Gieat regret was caused to the members »f tie [Toljfc fofce- in Tirnarc yesterday, •.nd to other fiiccd.s and acquaictances ol -(.rgesnt Wartiug, the officer who has bee-i charge of the Timam jwlice district •iuce 1901, to learn that he died yesterdiv morning. Rc had been ill and under t}.; doctor's hands for less than a. fortnight. His illness- began with a chill caught whilst on duty late at night, and this developed into a fatal pneumonia. Tbe deceased was one of the most highly respected members of _lhe police force, a place in this; regard ,of his superiors und his. 'colleagues which be had won by a combination of character and long experience;'- We" are informed on good authority thai Mr Waiting was on the .eve cf> a. substantial promotion. " He wan a, native of .Copxwafl, ."and JfeErved in & police fcrce 'at H®W btfi(4 -aommg to New Zealand in • 1825/ when he joined the police, aad ;coptiimai ia- the service t3l" M* d«aii*. Ke haSE been ported at a tmmber of piaoec at vatfca* titDefr—Daoefin, BaScliitha, PaJmerston, Christchureh, Asbbarton, Ooalgate, : Southbridge, Waikouaiti. and InvercargilL He -was made a sergeant in 1898, and had gained tbe police long service medal, and apt a black mark was ever recorded against him. The member# of the force serving under him here speak in the highert. terms of him as- a.: "scrupulously fair and considerate officer, while requiring each. m*n. to do his doty. Mr Warring roamed in 1883 a daughter of the late Mr A. Pajry .of Anckland. and be leaves her a widow, afid nine children, of whom one son is married and fettled in Timaru. He flag at the Courthouse was flown at half mast yesterday as a mark of mourning, as also was that of St. John's Masonic Lodge, of which deceased was a' member and a Past Master. Tbe funeml takes place at 3 p.m. to-morrow, and a notice to volunteers calk on members of all thfe' Timaru corps ?« attend it. the Port Guards funwhinji a firing party. T/jc 33asons are ,--lso called on K* attend.