THE MISSING SURVEYOR.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 51, 2 March 1926, Page 7

THE MISSING SURVEYOR.

BODY FOUND YESTERDAY. SUGGESTIONS OF A FALL. Just four and a half weeks ago Mr. Raymond Lewins, a young surveyor of Takapuna, disappeared in circumstances shrouded with mystery. Tragic circumstances surrounded the finding of his body in a deserted place between Hurstmere Road and the eastern shore of Lake Takapuna yesterday afternoon. ,

Lying face downwards in a clump of grass and rushes, the body of the young surveyor was found by a blackberry patherer. All the appearances suggested that the young man had tripped and fallen there.

Run down in health, the strain of his professional studies having fatigued him, it was thought at the time of his disappearance that he had lost his memory. Wandering about aimlessly, not knowing who he was or where he was, it is thought that he fell down so exhausted, so weak that he could go no further, There he lay till he vra3 found yesterday.

Last seen alive on the afternoon of January 28, the deceased left his home about midday, and a friend avers that he saw him about 0.20 p.m. on the city ferry wharf. The following Sunday the residents of the district organised a big search party, which extended far into the country.

The deceased man was the eldest and only son of Mr. William Lewins., headmaster of the Rotorua School, and was

born in England just 25 years ago. Brought to New Zealand a3 a child, for the warmer climate, he was educated at the Remuera School and the Auckland Grammar Sohool. Later he served his articles as a surveyor under Mr. Preston Chambers, of Auckland. Passing the examination qualifying him as a surveyor last year, he received his license to practise. For the past eighteen months he had been on the engineering staff of the Takapuna Borough Council.