A NELSON FATALITY.

NZ Truth, Issue 437, 8 November 1913, Page 2

A NELSON FATALITY.

lif-rt-ftrenco t;n tin. untimely death of John Xin 1 .:, a w«ll-^nown und highly re* peeled resident of Xctson. a correspondent "xprossrts the oplnlcn lltat, as it U. only a fq\v wcks ago slm<t» unotner Itfiding cithwm was fished nut tt the harbor, al. dubs should.be compelled to eloiu. along with hotels at 10 p.m, it appears t hit King was ..'. the City Club until jnc In the morning, when he left for his b >me with tor t\ J. Hurley. Subsequent to partiug with Mr. Hnriyy, he got «.»ff the beaten track and 'frill Into the Malt..! river, where his bo«y waa found, deith being rtue to -syncope following the shock of the fall Into th-.< water. The late Mr. King -vas an yld rutlway officer, having been statio.mnasvor t^t Amberty, Canterbury, and he subsequently Decline Government auditor, m which capacity ho setved In Southland, Canterbury, 'Nelson, Marlborough and Westland, retiring aboyt three years ugo on superannuation. If these unfortunate gentlemen had been at an hotel till 1 a.m., it Is pretty certain Mr. Bung would have hud his license cancelled.