MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
(Froiu Our Special Corrcspoudunt.j
WAIHJ, this day
j A mysterious disappearance occurred here on Saturday morning, which ' has been reported to the police. A | man named William Wallace, haiij brother to Mr Joseph Paul, welli known in Waihi, left for his work in i the Union Waihi mine at 6.30 a.m. !as usual, dressed in his working-. ! clothes. As he whs leuviug the shanty lie .said, "So long; I'm eui: to work." Since then nothing* hay been seen or heard of him, beyond that he was seen passing the Wailji Hotel shortly after leaving the .shanty. Tait was : told later in the day that Wallace had | jiot gone to work, and on making in- ! qiiiries could not ascertain anything ' The police have been making active I inquiries as to his whereabouts, but
whh no success. There is no reason for the sudden disappearance. Tait states that the missing man came home as usual the night before, and appeared iho .same as over. All his things remain untouched in the sluuuy, and his wages due are also untouched, .Wallace was not.of a despondent disposition, and the affair still remains a mystery.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 76, 30 March 1901, Page 5
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