ISLAND MISSIONARY MURDERED
;' Native runs amuck (PSESS ASSOCIATION TELEOBAM.) i \ AUCKLAND, April 30. l«e murder of a well-known New «aland missionary in the New grades, the Rev. William Veitch P?e».by a native who ran amuck on maay night, was reported by cable {T fla y to • the missions committee of m Presbyterian Church by a fellow gtatonary, the Rev. B. C. Nottage, j™>. stated that death was instanpwus. Jfc Milne who was aged 60, was ♦kK **,s>/* New Hebrides. He was «e fourth son of the Rev. Peter Milne, in the islands from 1870 » i ,\ Mf Milne commenced work a assistant, to his father in 1900 on w«Jr^ d of Nguna, where he was £"**. He, married Miss J. Scott, of &toua i near Invercargill, in 1905, «e three children, aU in |e* Zealand. fcm-i^ 61 " 8 ar e Pr. Peter Milne, te^°L? enya Colony ' and Drffl,,?' MUne, of Otaki. foKf? Une was regarded as a particufciL > p ? tent man > who was devoted and the people under his £***• He last visited New Zealand
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22081, 1 May 1937, Page 21
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