TWO MEN DEAD
FATALITY IN BEALEY TWO CHRISTCHURCH TEACHERS LOSE THEIR LIVES. WHEN TRAMPING ACROSS RANGES.
Constable Drummond in charge of the local Police Station during the absence
of Sergt. King on holiday leave, advised that he had received notification from the Greymouth Police that two men were dead and a third one s le, following some accident in the Bealey River.
The names' of the dead are:— Robins, a married man (occupation unknown) of Christchurch. Harold Smith, teacher at Opawa School, single, of 3 Chancellor Street, Christchurch. The other man who is reported apparently safe is Loney, teacher of 35 Hill Road, Heathcote Valley.
The party of three stayed the night of January 4th at the Red Lion Hotel, and left Hokitika on Tuesday, January sth to tramp over Brownings and White Horn Passes into the Bealey on their return to Christchurch.
There are meagre details, but the Greymouth Police have received word that the two men (Robins and Smith) are dead, about 17 miles up the Bealey River, and that Loney is apparent’y safe. There are no particulars of the nature of the fatality. Harold Smith, one of those reported dead. was. several years ago, a teacher at the Hokitika State School, and was a very popular figure during his stay in the district. He is a son of the late School Inspector, Harry Smith, formerly of Greymouth and Kumara. Loney, (reported safe) is a brother of Mr Loney, teacher at the Koiterangi school. GREYMOUTH REPORT. (By Telegraph —Per Press Association) GREYMOUTH, January 13. Three men, believed to be Canterbury teachers, names given as Smith, Robin and Loney, left Hokitika on January sth or 6th on a tramping tour to Carrington Hut, Waimakariri. There was no news until to-day when the Greymouth Police received a message from Bealey, stating the men ar e believed to he seventeen miles in the back country. Smith and Robin are reported dead and ‘the other man is wandering about. A search party left this morning, -n, - headed by Constable Robb, of Otira. M <
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1932, Page 4
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341TWO MEN DEAD Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1932, Page 4
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