DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON.
j [BY. TKI.KOPAPH. — OWN >'ORi!I.SI'ONf)F.NT.] { ! _ I j GisRORKK, Friday. j | A discovery of human bones was made in '■ i the sand-pit:, at the back of the New Zea- , land Shipping Company's wool store to-day. j The bones appeared to have been originally placed in a coffin hewn out of a tree, hut ) had become separated through the wood rotting. The. skull, which resembled thai i of a native, was unearthed in a fairly good condition. Amongst the Rones part of a clay pipe and a tin match-box were lying.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 7
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93DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 7
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