THREE DAYS LOST.
,» LITTLE GIRL'S ADVENTURE. HIDDEN IN GORSE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NELSON, Monday. I Myra McGill, aged five years, who ' strayed from Tahuna Sands on Wednes-*, day afternoon, while attending a picnic! with the convent children, was found about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon just inside the golf grounds" at Tahunanui. The child had been three days and three nights in the open, and except for weakness due to lack of food and water, was little the worse for her experience. Twin daughters of Mr. J. B..Dixon, of Tahunanui, were responsible for finding the missing child. They were passing through the golf grounds when one of them saw her among some gorse down a bank near a bridge". It is somewhat remarkable that the child was not discovered before, as search parties had been out since Wednesday afternoon. It is thought the chil<£,must . have kept close to her "bed" during the whole period she was missing. The spot was well hidden, but quite close to the road leading, up to the golf house, and dozens of people must have passed to and fro during the three days.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 69, 23 March 1926, Page 14
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188THREE DAYS LOST. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 69, 23 March 1926, Page 14
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