Two skeletons were dug up by public works ‘employees while doing formation work on Hollis Hoad, Waikino. The skull of one revealed a forehead having very little height or width and receding to a very marked d 'CTree. The chin is abnormally prominent. hen the skull Ls held in an apparently normal position the lower part, of the lorehead is further hack than the bend of the jawbone. The skull is in a good state of preservation, but the of the skeleton was scattered. It was found in about two feet of clay near a hilltop, and alongside it tt as another skeleton in ian excellent state of preservation. This skull was normal, but, the legs had apparently been tied to the neck at the back. The sde. of- the discovery is not a Maori burial ground, and there are no signs of Maori occupation in the neighbourhood.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13092, 13 February 1937, Page 12
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