Ward Wohlmann

As well and amongst a lot of other news that week, the nearby Popotunoa Gorge was completely blocked due to snowfall.

[3] In the 1935 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours, King George V's 3rd son - Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester (on a personal visit to NZ while in Dunedin); made Ward a Member (fourth class) of the Royal Victorian Order,[4] and later that year he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

He emulated his policeman father and immersed himself in the needs of his occupation, fulfilling them with great vigor and dedication.

There he remained as a Policeman on the beat in Invercargill until then Commissioner Walter Dinnie promoted him to the position of District Clerk of Southland.

(then governed under a League of Nations mandate) 1921 -1st January Ward was promoted to Senior Inspector and returned to New Zealand, to take charge of the Hamilton district on 5 March 1922.