ANCIENT SKULLS
IN NORTH AUCKLAND GARDEN. [Per Press Association] WHANGAREI, August 2. While digging the garden at his home in Zealandia Street, yesterday, Desmond Wood dug up two skulls. The police were called, and as the result, of further digging operations, a few more bones • were unearthed. These included a section of a jaw with teeth attached. The bones are thought to be of considerable age, possibly up to a hundred years. Mr. E. J. Wood thinks that one skull differs in shape of forehead from Maori skulls. He previously examined one skull, broken in a way whiclylooked as though a bullet had pastel through it. The police are making further inquiries.
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Grey River Argus, 3 August 1937, Page 7
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112ANCIENT SKULLS Grey River Argus, 3 August 1937, Page 7
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