MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A TELEGRAPH LINEMAN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 283, 20 March 1877, Page 3

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A TELEGRAPH LINEMAN.

Sura? concern is felt foe th.< safety of » telegraph linwiuMi who has been uussuiu' from his loil;/in;|s since t!v< morning « r, t the -'('Uh. ultimo." It appears that the person- in question, Mr. Ueoc;<e HdliweU. lineman in the tele->'aph tU-piu'tment. left rfi?a!iam»toAV.iv I >r PiUM't and ttikntaia ou the date in ami w;u 5;..-en orv the hmok nuiu- t\erikeri iluriu- tlie .lay, hut has not sttwr he -n h.anl of. every itupui/y luw heenmailo hy !\H Hnoml-i calciiluttid to -U'twl to -iome ulu;>- to wliereahoutt*. It U feared fc'.iat unJamity hiw* befallen him. as he was driukiuf heavily foe some time previous, tunl when last seen appeared to be sult'i riiu;'fc'.M.ni the elfcets of delirium tremens. Mo had reewntly his appointxw.nl undev the Telegraph_ D.p irtment, stating that he had coihj in for a lai-ge h»ftime, and Wiisaboufc to nroeeed to. Europe in order to enjoy it. lutpvirie* havesiney been made from the aoliatovs fiameu by huu, but nobiiiiv.f likely to eotirinw t!ie statemi.Mit t:an be ascertained, and hb withdrawal- from the serviee of the Teteorap'i ntinm-fciuent b not attributed to this. He lititi heeft reuitiustrafced with by Mr. Bull, iiinl the warning had the desired ©tket, and for a long time Halliweli; was remark- , ' l >'- and but he had ru- . ; y beu'.mie less s>. in his. habits, and -.. ■'induct was r.t tiuiea eccentric audttn--1 Jit-. When last 8oet» hj& Wiu* in a « ■ 7 J Q : th« track, and hb hat +, ..uswud tu bo % :uraictui tius apptiaadu «l

the horseman, and when he was sought for some hotirs later he wasjiowhtre to be. f«>nml. Inquiry has bern made at Puriri, Hikntaia, Katikati and clscwliers, btu nothing can he heard respecting him, ami his friumls now fear that he lias been I»«t in the bnsb. The p»He<j has b-..-cn c«iironnlcaterf with. Halliwell is an «W tidier, and served wit", t' c 0 .th Regiment throughout tl»c New Zealand campaign.— Exefcan-'c. [lt will b« remembered that li»Utw«U haaainci been F»Hiid, after bavin" been in the btidt a considerable tune.J