SEARCH FOR HUNTERS
Part Of Canoe Found . | (N Z Press Association} NELSON, Nov. IS. j Half of a canoe used by
I two missing Murchison huntters has been found 30ft above the Buller River. The men. Norman Germain and Leslie Penman, both i linemen, disappeared op a hunting expedition on September 14. It is believed the ‘men drowned when they attempted a canoe crossing of (the Buller River at its junction with Deepdale Creek. 14 j miles south of Murchison. Searchers at the time
found two paddles from the i canoe, but no other trace of ■‘the men. ■j The badly-battered section I of the canoe was found on Saturday by an fnangahua ■ farmer and it was reported ' to Constable S. G. Solly, of liMurchison, late yesterday, rl Constable Solly said today ithat the canoe was split in i i half lengthways. 1[
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31840, 19 November 1968, Page 28
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143SEARCH FOR HUNTERS Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31840, 19 November 1968, Page 28
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