HOTEL LICENSEE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 190, 14 August 1933, Page 3

HOTEL LICENSEE.

MISSING FROM HOME. SEARCH AT DARGAVILLE. LAST SEEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DARGAVILLE, this clay. The licensee of the Northern Wairoa Hotel, Mr. Fred. R. Morrison, has been missing since Saturday night. Parties acting under the direction of Sergeant Dun ford and the police have been searching the district in the vicinity of the river since midnight on Saturday. Mr. Morrison was last seen at 7.45 p.m. on Saturday, when he was wearing a dark blue suit. He was sitting in his office reading a newspaper and appeared to be in his usual health. He is about Oft in height, of stout build, and has curly grey hair. He is aged o-i years.

Since coming to the Northern Wairoa Hotel, Mr. Morrison has made himself very 'popular. He is a vice-president of the howling club where he was a regular player last season and captured the, Hughes singles trophy for senior players. Ho served in the South African War, since when he has suffered considerably from malarial fever. Prior to coming to Dargaville, he was incapacitated for several months. He is well known all over the North, having formerly been licensee of the Whangarei Hotel, and having served as chief steward in the Northern Company's Clansman. He had also been licensee of the Imperial Hotel, Auckland, and the Te Puke Hotel.