Solid Kemp

NZ Truth, Issue 1149, 8 December 1927, Page 8

Solid Kemp

AT a time when he can ill be spared from the service m which he has

climbed upwards so rapidly, Inspector "Tom" Kemp now lies very ill m hi«» ;irlnnted town of Timaru. Kindly fellow and thorough gentleman, Inspector Kemp has reached his present position through that force of character and doggedness of purpose which his countenance displays. '

There is not, nor never was, any trace of the bounce m Tom during his _ kfmp official duties, but T. K.fclvlh'. •£ there W ere .questions to be asked he became a human interrogation mark. He did it nicely ctnd with a sureness of purpose that always brought results. If he would, Kemp could reveal some amusing and lively incidents of the detective branch when he was such a valuable member of it. His association with the Wellington office was a long and honorable one and no one begrudged him his lift on the ladder.

Down m the south he is known as a man who minds his own business and that of everybody else's, but he has not yet made any enemies. And now, m his hour of sickness, his host of friends,the whole country over are anxiously waiting for the time when he can again set his feet along the path of duty and activity. It is to be hoped that he will be spared to the force, which needs such men as he, £or many a long day to comei