FLOCK HOUSE BOYS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19504, 4 February 1926, Page 8

FLOCK HOUSE BOYS

THE DANNEVIRKE SUICIDE CAREFUL SUPERVISION BY AUTHORITIES [Per Press Association.! DANNEVIRKE, Feb. 3. Tn connection with the coroner’s finding in the death of the lad Little, the Flock House authorities state that they take every care in the supervision of the boys on the farms. A representative of the trust from London is at present engaged in a tour of inspection. and would next week have visited Hawke’s Bay, and Little would have been amongst the boys visited. DIRECTOR’S DOUBTS DID LITTLE TAKE HIS LIFE? HAPPY IN HIS EMPLOYMENT [Per Press Association.] PALMERSTON N., Feb. 3. William Thomas Little, a former Flock House boy, who was found shot at Te Uru, near Dannevirkc, on Tuesday. was a son of Mrs Little, of Birmingham. His father was an able seaman on the warship Natal, losing his life when the vessel was blown up in 1915. Following training at Flock House, deceased was indentured to his late employer, and spent the last eight month advantageously. He worked conscientiously and was thrifty, and his Post Office Savings Bank book showed he had saved a fair sum. Mr T. R. Lees, the managing director of the Sheep Owners’ Debt to British Seamen Fund, has expressed doubts that deceased committed suicide, as he had previously written stating he was most happy in his employment.