A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
' A' WELLIKGTONIAN ' MISSING. ■ Mr.' iEdwimk'J. "Lucy;';who .for some months ' was town traveller for Messrs, Sharland and | Co., and who for over a twelvemonth-.has re-1. presented ~ the .English firm of;jwholesale ' chemists, Messrs. Evans, -Sons,-'Lescher, and; Webb, Ltd., in New Zealand, has mysteriously; disappeared. Mr. Lucy, ,; who was well .-known | in Wellington as a , capital flautist, left on a business trip., to 'Australia some ago, | and was last" seen"in Melbouviic 6'ii !, July 3,i when lie left'a Bamplo bag with a friend, Btafc-i iiig that ho was.'soint,''to Ballarat fbKa.day. or two. On the. previous, day (Julyl 2) ho wroto to' his wife in Wellington; mentioning fliat he was suffering from insomnia and heart '■failure. Natnrally-tlio gravest anxioty.'is felt' on his account by his relatives, and the lari,'6 number of , friends lie had in this city,-among whom 'are included a number of the- rctiil cliomists 1 on whomiie'useif. to call in the 'course-'of business. , . ' Mr. Lucy was'a Man about s£t. 7i'n. in. height, was' clean-shaven, with a. rather sallow complexion, and greyeyes. In manner and. gait ,ho' was energetic, •, had a. genial, disposition, and was a great i lover of music: Mr. Lucy was about-10 ycart
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 7
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195A STRANGE DISAPPEAR- ANCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 7
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