DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. J GisiiOiiME, Tuesday. A gruesome discovery was made this morning by a gardener whilo digging a plot of land close to town. From a small space, two yards In circumference, and 18 inches deep, ho unearthed no less than nine skulls, ono thigh bone, a pelvis, and soveral other bones, in a rather decayed state. The skulls were piled together immediately under a grape vine which grew up the side of an old house, which used to stand there. Several of thorn aro remarkably woll preserved. Others are somewhat decayed, two or three are of large size, and others appear to bo those of females or children. Tho teeth are in fine condition, which goes to show that the remains aro those of natives. It is thought that they may have been collected by a European from eomo burial ground and planted under tho grape vino.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9178, 19 April 1893, Page 5
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