A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 143, 18 June 1910, Page 5

A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

BODY POUND NEAR DEVONPORT3 WTTAfe The dead body of an old man was. found on the -rocks near the wharf at Devonport about eight o'clock last night. A resident of Devonport was searching for driftwood when he came across the body. The face was covered -with blood ifrona a cut over the left eye, which was probably caused by the rocks. ". . . The police, on toeing eommuniescted -with, conveyed the body to the morgue, where from papers found, it was ascer-. tamed that the deceased wae Mr. R. Burra, bookseller and stationer, residing at Ths.mes. Further evidence of identity was a note found in one of the pocket 3 of deceased's coat which read: "Dr. Aubin, Thames, having notified mc that I am liable,, to heart failure, in case of accident my address is Queen-street, Thames.—X. Burra." A doctor's prescription bore out' this statement. The body is that of a man respectably dressed, of medium height, partially bald, with grey beard and hair, and the indications pointed to the fact that it had not ■been long in the water. ■ An inquest will be held by the District Coroner (ilr. T. Gresham) at Gleeson's Hotel, at 11 a.m. ''to-morrow. .... . - '■,"','; ■