Oamaru

New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1914, Page 43

Oamaru

(From our own correspondent.) , Sergeant McGrath, one time of the Bluff, and recently of Oamaru, was retired on superannuation on November 28, owing to his having reached the. age limit. From that date he will receive three months’ holiday on full pay, and will finally retire from the force in February next. Sergeant McGrath joined the force in Wellington ( in 1876, and has been stationed in most of the principal towns in New Zealand. When he received promotion to the rank of sergeant the first station of which he was in charge was Patea, over thirty years ago. Sergeant McGrath, who came to Oamaru two years ago, has proved himself an -efficient officer, who, through his kindly disposition, has won the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He intends to settle in Oamaru.