DISAPPEARANCE OF MAIL BAGS
Solution Of Mystery
CHARRED REMNANTS ON HILLSIDE
Dominion Special Service. NAPIER. January 11. The discovery in the hills near Morere by detectives yesterday of charred remains of a quantity of mail matter, including a mail bag, apparently solves the mystery of the disappearance of mail bags containing registered packages from the Napier-Gisborne mail van last Saturday night. Since the disappearance of the mail bags an intensive search of the Morere district has been carried out by Detective IV. Mason (Napier), Sergeant D. Clarke (Wairoa), and Constable D. Houston (Nuhaka). Yesterday the party discovered an open Dre on the Gisborne side of the Morere hill around which were scattered the charred contents of one of the mail bags. Near the fire was a half-burned letter which ,is understood to be portion of one of the registered "packages. It is understood also that metal rings and portion of the mail bag itself were discovered. It is believed that all the letters in the mailbag were opened, and, after the valuables had been removed, were burnt.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 92, 12 January 1939, Page 6
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177DISAPPEARANCE OF MAIL BAGS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 92, 12 January 1939, Page 6
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