Sub-Inspector Mac

NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 6

Sub-Inspector Mac

IF there is anything you want to know about Auckland, ask Sub-inspector McCarthy. What he doesn't know about the doings of the Queen City and the people who have lived m it for a score of years or more would not make very .Interesting reading. He has been m the city long enough to know it. from one end to the -other, whilot his training m the Auckland Polioe Force has led him to observe many strange things and many stranger people. Like all the jobs higher up, his present position has been gained by hard work.: He left Auckland on two occasions-— and each time he returned with another stripe. He came back first as sergeant and on his second- return had Juriiped to another rung: on the ladder. Later he wss appointed to his present poslV.on. ' The pavement of Wellesley Street has echoed to ., his feet as he tramped up to the barracks for the best' part of twenty-eight years, for he was one of the first to occupy the present police station erected m 1900. Many cases have gone through his hands, but his robust appearance gives every indication that he will continue to keep a watchful eye on offenders for some time to come. Auckland could ill afford to lose him, any.yray.