BODY FOUND IN LAKE.
MISSING ROTORUA MAN.
CLOTHES IN NEAT BUNDLE
END OF LONG SEARCH
(By Telegraph—Oirn Correspondent.)
ROTORUA, this Jay,
The body of Horace Humphreys, of Rotorua, who had been missing since January 27, was found in Lake Okarcka by Mr. James Gordon. The body was naked, and the man's clothes were found neatly bundled under a ledj;e nearby.
Mr. Humphreys, who was an experienced bushman, left his home to go for a long walk, but took no food with liim. Large parties of European? and Maoris searched the hills about YVniroa last week, but found no trace of the missing man.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 8
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