A MISSING SHEPHERD.
'■ FEARED TO BE DROWNED.
[B? TELEGBArH.—OWN COBBESPONDENT.] _ '" "V. , . . , GISBORNB, Saturday. JPtother information has been received "by Sergeant Hutton regarding a man 1 named Wm. Douglas, who has been miss- : ing from Waipiro Bay since last SaturI day. It shows that the unfortunate man \ has probably met his fate by drowning. f Douglas, -who was a shepherd at Ihungia Station, left there at 8.30 p.m. last Saturday for Takapau. On Sunday his horse was found about 100 yds below the ford of a stream running into the Waiapu Rjver". The stream was in flood, and the 'crossing is a dangerous one. A constable "organised a search party, and both sides ;Of .. the stream were diligently searched right down to the bed of the Waiapu River, but no sign of '" the missing man was seen. The search is being continued.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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141A MISSING SHEPHERD. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14746, 31 July 1911, Page 7
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