A SWAGGER'S EATE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, this day. The constable sent to inquire into the finding of a human skeleton in the scrub on the Tutira run has returned, bringing with him a portion of a skull. Several of the large bones of the arms and legs, and the pelvis, the ribs, and small bones, have -decayed to dust- The body has evidently been lying there for years. It is surmised that the skeleton 19 that of some swagger, as a piece of blanket, a Waterbury watch, and a penny were found beside the remains. There is at present no clue to the identity of the skeleton.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 24 February 1904, Page 6
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108A SWAGGER'S EATE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 24 February 1904, Page 6
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