MISSING WOMAN

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24001, 16 July 1943, Page 6

MISSING WOMAN

♦ EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH OTHER CASES RECALLED " The Press ” Special Service AUCKLAND. July 14. The mysterious disappearance of Mrs Mary Eileen Turner and the exhaustive investigation by the police recall other cases of missing friends which have occurred in recent years. Every year many names are added to the department's list of people whose absence has caused anxiety, and a considerable amount of time is spent in tracing, them. Instances of people completely disappearing without any trace being found of them have been comparatively few. In most cases periods of up to a week have been necessary for the..police to discover th# whereabouts of the bussing people, and it is very ''iJßMtlßf’tfiat a search as long as the present one is required. Most, of the. people reported to the police as missing friends have been children who have strayed from home, or elderly men and women with failing memories. There have been comparatively few cases of middle-aged persons reported as missing friends, apart from those who have been members of ill-fated hunting expeditions or fishing trips. ’ . Two Missing Soldiers A case which occupied the attention of 200 police, territorials, and civilians was the disappearance of Private Douglas Neil Henry, aged 22, of Te Akau. in September. 1941. He was last seen on the night of September 24 when he left for his home at Te Akau i after visiting a friend at Ruakiwi. His i motor-car was discovered next morn- ! ing abandoned in a ditch at the roadside one and a half miles from Rua- ; kiwi. Although a thorough search of the Te Akau district, the Raglan har- ■ hour, and west coast beacnes was i made for many weeks, the soldier’s ■ disappearance has remained unsolved, i Another baffling case involving a sol- ■ dier of this war was that of Gunner ! Raymond Ernest Jones, aged 33, who ' was reported missing in Auckland in ' October. 1940. He left his home at j Remuera one morning to join the Devonport ferry boat on his way to * North Head, where he wa? attached to a battery, but he failed to reach his 1 unit. Since then his disappearance has remained a mystery. Constable Who Vanished • About 20 years ago there occurred a case which was the cause of conjecture for many years after. One even- : ing Constable Donald Shaw set out on hi? night duty beat in Napier. He began his duty about 9 p.fn. and was seen in a street shortly after. From then until now he has not been seen, and extensive searches and inquiries have proved fruitless. Apparently there was not the slightest reason for his disappearance and there has been no indication that he was the victim of foul play.