BOY’S DROWNING REPORTED

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22304, 19 January 1938, Page 10

BOY’S DROWNING REPORTED

NO TRACE OF BODY OK CLOTHING “ POLICE SEARCH TO CONTINUE IX AUCKLAND (Fit BPS ASSOCIATION TBLEOBAM.» AUCKLAND. January If!. Widespread inquiries by (hr; police throughout the North Island have failed to throw any' light on a curious mystery that surrounds the apparent drowning of a young boy at Milford beach nine days ago. those investigations of all cases of persons reported missing, inquiries made at boys’ homes and orphanages, and searches for the body curried out over Jong stretches of waterfront have all proved fruitless. . Even if the supposed victim of (he tragedy were a visitor to Auckland, ;t is realised that sufficient time has now elapsed for a report to have been made to the police. However, there has not been a report of a missing person that would tally in any particular with the facts known to the . ulhorities, who admitted that they were now at a loss to know which way to (urn. Neither clothing nor towel was found anywhere near the beach which might have led to the solution of tho mystery. Notices giving full particulars of the affair have been circulated among all police nations in the Auckland area, in addition to Ihc principal police stations all over tho North Island. Officers stationed close to the waterfront have been specially instructed to keep a sharp lookout for the body, and daily searches are being maintained along liie rocks between Milford, Takapuna, and Castor Bay. The two eye-witnesses of tho supposed disappearance of the boy remain emphatic in the details of what they saw. A boy who was boating near the scone said ho definitely saw a boy’s hand and leg disappear. The possibility that tho witnesses were deceived by a large fish of some kind has been suggested, but those persons will not agree until the body is discovered. It is felt that nothing further can bo done, and the police searches will be continued.