SAD SUICIDE
CASE OF I3ALLANTYNE. (Australian Press Association)-m’ie SYDNEY, September &•:<«? The City Coroner inquired- into- b the i death of Henry Ballantyne, •tkef.'Ntnva Zealander.'found dead, with his,, -throat; cut in Sydney (as cabled on August24th). - -Detective-Smith-gave evidence} that lie received a letter from Bal-,, laiityne saying that lie had taken -the loss of his life’s savings to heart, an.d the only thing to do was to- end. . his life’.'' ’?He'.'hiid no ft-iends : here,rv ifantU not eve'n,-iv phange of clothing. -Thef letter hbneluded : ‘‘Punishe the waster; that.got me td come front New- Zealand! to Hendigo with ’him, saying that - lie. could dig two ounces of - gold tt'Vdas4& ! - Ballantyne had suggested that if any of* Ills’“money"”were"'“recovered Tt‘coutcT be, handed to charity. The Detective added that a man had been arrested aii d' elnYrgUd 1 with -the tvue’s money. ' . ‘
The Coroner "returned a- werdictr-nf-death while temporarily mentally deressed: ", .. . . •
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1930, Page 6
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145SAD SUICIDE Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1930, Page 6
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