JUMP' INTO HARBOUR
BODY NOT FOUND
MAN RELIEVED TO BE SHIP’S , WATCHMAN. .
Up to : a late hour yesterday afternoon the body of the man who jumped - into ttie hahbour near the s.s. Ngakuta on Friday . night had not been found., hut a “Times . representative ascertained that a (ban named - Parry, beliqj@d to be a watchman on the Takapuna’, which is being dismantled, has been missing since Friday night.' ■ ' - ’ . It is thought that the. missing man will pro-fe to be the' one who threw himself off-.the wharf. ; ■ . Mr V. Bannister, ambulance driver • to the ■ Wellington Harbour Board, was talking to Mr J. McCready near: Lamibton' wharf when-a man appeared, on the scene about 15 yards away. He' shouted: “Here «oes,P. and, jumped off The two men climbed - down the piles to try. and Tescu© the man, but all search was’ fruitless. On Saturday the police dfragged the water without success, and it is thought thati the current may be. holding the body to the side or bottom of the boat, and that it will -rise when the boat goes out.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12023, 29 December 1924, Page 8
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