MAORI FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 7

MAORI FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.

1IKA1) TKMUBIA' TI uesome discovery of a youngMauri man. wl.c-e age nppenrs W> be about 11 veins, wrapped up »'• " tout fly. with his hc.ul very i.iuc'.i lacerated, and unconscious, was made by a workman who was attracted to a brick shed to the rear of the old amu-eincnt ;i-.u Sotlin a; the foot of Wvndiuim Street in Queen Street, by groans, at 7.-1-. this i.i-->rnin.!l. Alongside 'the body »»- a large pool of 1,|,,0d. There wu- H'.cc '■•■-' l" """ room, which has a very din try uppcinin.v aiKirt from a very rough -n-t.-h -r. mid I a piece of tent oloti, which it t su S - Irresteil that he used in protecting himself from view when sleeping, the only (covering to the window, to which there lis access from either High Street or | I Queen street, being a piece cf wire ; netting. "L"lit- young fellow ha- lately ibccti doing a f:v. odd jnhs at toe mmi i jmeiit parlours, lie wis known sis -Sam. and it is unilo.Miiad arrived in Auckland with Messrs. Kinery flrns.' circus, leaving it when the winter came on and its activities stopped for the time being. j A puliciman, who waw broimht in ' from Queen street, and another work man. had the man conveyed to the lio-liita-l. Hue eye. it i-> 11,11 icr-tood, was just about out. The detectives investigated I lie matter and they are convince,l there was no foul piny, a crumpled (in us lamp, of the variety lint light circus tents, sup-plying the clue. It is thought that by wonie iiie.in.s or other this explode.!, for portion's of it are all over the room. "Sum's" condition this afteniooti was reported by the hospltil authorities to be very serious. I _;•■.._