MAN FOUND DROWNED.
IDENTITY MOT ESTABLISHED. FLOATING NEAR MOTUIHI WHARF. The body of a man was foetid floating in : the water; near .the wharf at Motuihi at,about, 11 a.m. f yesterday by the caretaker of the island, , who '. re- . covered at and'took it ashore. The caretaker informed -the water police, who brought' the r body to the Auckland morgue, where ah inquest will be held today. ' ' ' The face of deceased is unrecognisable, .!.'.';,'■''.; but ;•■ the body is ; ,that' of *a, man about sft. 9in., with brown hair. The upper ; - and lower teeth; are missing. -The 4 body .■'..: is ; dressed :in grey trousers, ; a tennis : shirt without* a ■ collar attached,) a grey singlet,' ' ■ and a dark tie and tan boots. ■■/.;.' V; The! description answers to that of .',-,' a ;.- '•'".-'. man named John Dewar, who has been I- ' -1 missing, from his home at Station Road, 'Avondale, since : May 6. ; -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 12
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146MAN FOUND DROWNED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 12
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