KINGSLAHD “GHOST”

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8179, 22 July 1912, Page 1

KINGSLAHD “GHOST”

STORY EXPLODED SCARED GIRLS AND MOTOR-CAR DRIVER, WANDERING FIJIANS. FKESB ASSOCIATION, , AUCKLAND, July 20. Police investigation, says the “Star,” has very effectually exploded the Kingsland “ghost” story. Considerable publicity was given to the affair, two special cases being cited. In' one instance it was stated that a young ladv -had. been awakened in her bed by the flashing of a, light outside her window, and on looking out had beheld an awe-inspiring spectacle in white, whereupon she had rushed back to her bed and hidden her terror under the bedclothes. The second case quoted was one in which two young women were scared by a mysterious figure in white, which confronted them as they wended their way homewards late at night. Constable Wainhouse, who has charge of the Kingsland district, has made a thorough inquiry into the affair, and states that he has failed absolutely to< find any person living in the district who had the experience first mentioned. In the second case it transpires that, on Monday evening, a taxicab, white in colour, had taken a passenger down Third avenue. When returning, it-was necessary to traverse a road which is in process of formation, and the’car was so mycb bumped about that both acetylene lamps went out. The driver, who was wearing a white motor coat, got out of the car,' and in the rain had some difficulty in relighting the lamps. As the illumination was 'effected two young women on the other side of the strict screamed and appeared to be badly frightened, running up ■ the street quickly and not waiting to investigate. The police report from Kingsland further states that nothing in the shape of a “ghost” has been discovered, though the streets have been patrolled* nightly, and investigations made of any complaints. On the evening' of Monday a constable saw two Fijians, one dressed in white and the other with'a,loincloth surmounted by a dark jacket. It-is pointed out in the report that at the time mentioned in the first complaint there is a constant' stream of people on the streets coming from business, and it is certain that somebody else would have seen “it” -had it been an apparition-of the character stated; yet from no source can ‘corroboration or. substantiation of the complaint bo obtained. . .