DEATH OF MR VOYSEY.

Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 2

DEATH OF MR VOYSEY.

A SAD TRAGEDY.

A sensation was caused iu Shannon yesterday waieu U became known unu the iieuauiasier qf the Shannon ouue aciiooi, Mr william, voysey, was uCiMI and mat indications pointed to ills' luiving dn j d by his -own hand. Mr voysey was a single man, residing in me scnou.l residence, aim - taking ms rneais at the Ciun Hotel. Wnen he was u oi mms accustomed place at me school in the morning, the assistant . master. (Mr Morgan), visited the scnooi resilience, but got no response to ms knocking. He enquired at the note! as to whether Mr voysey had breakfasted, and on finding that be. had not the police were advised. ConMeu re gor and Shannon accompanied Mr Morgan to the house and an entrance was effected. Here the sad discovery was made mat Mr Voysey had met death by a gun-shot evidently self-inflicted. On entering me kitenen they found deceased lying on the floor with a double barrel shot gun at his side with a piece oi string tied to the right trigger, and a narrow piece ol board lying alongside. Dr. Macdonald was sent mr and arrived soon after ajid alter examination said that death had probably taken place three or four hours previously from a gunshot wound in the region ol ilic iiGurt. DgcgilSGu. I6lt & note addressed to a sister in Palmerston North' in which lie stated that he had been suffering from heart trouble and that the end was near. He also left a note giving instructions in re-, gard to the arrangement of his private affairs. .. The late Mr Voysey was a native of Ballarat, Victoria, and coming to New Zealand at an early age, wa s educated at Kaniere and Kumara cn the West Coast. In 1880 he was appointed pupil-teacher at the Kumara public School and after six years m that and other West Coast schools was appointed to the Shannon school on its being opened in 1889, o;>f which school he has been headmaster during the past 35 years. He was due to retire at the* end oi the year. He was a bachelor and led a secluded life, making few intimate friends devoting practically all his tune to his work his one recreation .being bowls. An .outstanding characteristic- Vyas mat he was most methodical to the smal - est detail. During 'his long career as a master he has been responsible for laying tjhe foundation of education for many men and women who hold, rer sponsible in many parts of the Dominion to-day, as web as tvvo generations of Shannon people, and all will deeply regret his tragic ena.