HUMAN SKELETON.
j DISCOVERY AT DUNEDITf.
BOYS. PLAYING IN SANDHILLS,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, Sunday.
The discovery of a human skeleton was made by two boys u'hoAvere playing in the sandhills on the south side of the Domain at Brighton on Friday morning. Constable Hamilton, of Grsen Island, was informed and found the skeleton 10ft above high-water mark little more than the skull being- exposed! By removing the sand he was able to obtain most of the principal bones. He is of the opinion that sand and vegetation had slipped down on the body which was later exposed .by the wind. "'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 15, 19 January 1931, Page 8
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