Varied Career

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 6

Varied Career

WILLIAM GREY, recently retired from the town clerkship of,«Hun-teL-ville, is as. white as- the proverbial '.'driven snow." ■■ For the past 79 years he has been an honor to the land where he has toiled and spun, and his is a wonderful rer cord. . In the Maori wars he served with distinction and m the police force was an officer of no mean ability. Over; a quarter of a. century ago he became Hunterville's "man m blue" , and : "Bobby" Grey, as he is popularly known, earned respect from old and young. He had the happy knack of , tempering the written law with an i abundance "of common-sense. When the Great War came he was due to retire, but he elected to, remain I m harness so that a . younger member '. of the force could go overseas, i He was known as the "Grand Old i Man" of the force and when he did : actually "down tools," he "knocked off ■ work to carry bricks." i Idleness did riot appeal, and he accepted the position of Town Clerk, a L position he has held the past six years i • Hunterville is proud of him arte ) .hope's '■ the sunshine of his retiremenl may be replete for many years.