The suicide of Henry Weston, a married man, at Auckland, was peculiarly sad. He had not been, living on good terms witii his wife, and on Monday left home to take up his residence in a boarding-house. On Frinay morning he returned, asked to see his children—aged 2 and 31 years respectively. He asked to he allowed to kiss them goodbye. As he had previously talked' in a like manner, no notice was taken of his remarks. He kissed the children, and told them that he was going to die. He walked into the front bedroom, and immediately afterwards the fatal shot was heard, a bullet having penetrated; his brain,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 486, 28 July 1902, Page 2
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