TWO MISSING BOYS.
f_ .— - DISCOVERED AT MANUREWA. I ' ON THEIR WAY TO NAPIER. 1 Two boys who left their homes in ftrey Lynii on Sunday nif?lit, and whose disappearance caused their relatives anxiety, were located in an empty house , near Manurewa at nine o'clock this 1 morning. The two boys, for Whom the police - had been searching, were Cyril Wheeler, s aged 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wheeler, 9 of 8, Bute Street, and Desmond Walsh, ® a"-ed 15, the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. - Walsh, of 45, Millais Street. Grey Lynn, t They left on a bicycle which only one f could ride, taking* a tent and other 1 camping gear with them, it being underr stood that tfie object of their leaving 3 home was to seek adventure. 1 This morning they were both found c encamped in aft empty house near Manurewa. According to what they 1 told the Papakura police, the two boys * said that they just wanted to see the I sights and get some experience. It was h their intention to get to Napier. Or Monday they camped in the Domain ai Manurewa. This morning, at an earlj hour, they cycled from Manurewa tc 0 Newton to get some food, and then lefi e on their return, hoping to travel latei oto Napier. They reached Manurewa ® from Auckland before being discovered o This afternoon both boys returned tc ir Auckland.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 124, 27 May 1936, Page 11
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