AFTER TWO MONTHS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 5

AFTER TWO MONTHS.

MISSING MAN DISCOVERED. [BY telegbaph.~-peess association;] WEixbfGTbN - , Wednesday. According to a story given in a Blenheim paper, the young man Rollinshaw, who was reported to be lost overboard from the s.s. Blenheim some two months ago when on his way to Wellington, was not drowned at all. On Saturday last Mr. D. Pilmer, . a Blenheim resident, saw a young man enter a well-known public place in the capital city. After a short survey of the man, who wore a large hat, wig, and pincenez, Pilmer went up to and addressed him by name. The man denied his identity, and Pilmer learnt that he had registered at a hotel as " Lewis." He managed, with the assistance of the landlord, to obtain a close scrutiny of the supposed Rollinshaw in his bedroom, and there obtained confirmation of his suspicions, notwithstanding his disguise. Rollinshaw kept to the bedroom all Sunday, and in the evening paid his score and left the hotel. Next day Pilmer again saw Rollinshaw in the city, and managed to get into touch with him. Rollinshaw admitted his identity, and informed Pilmer that he got off the Blenheim as she touched the river bank, made south across country to Seddon, caught a coach there, went on to Kaikoura, thence to Christchurch, and up to Wellington. :