QUEER KOHURATAHI FIRE

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1931, Page 6

QUEER KOHURATAHI FIRE

HOUSE BURNED TO GROUND disappearance OF OCCUPANT. DOGS AND SIX HORSES MISSING. An air of mystery surrounds the disappearance of Mr. Donald Morrison, of Mdranghae, Kohuratahi, whose house anfl adjoining shed were burned to the ground in the early hoilrs of Thursday morning. Some of the neighbours, it is understood, heard shotd near Mr. Morrison’? house last Wednesday evfenihg, and one Of Mr. Morrison’s dogs was found op Thursday dead as the result of a bullet wound. The other doge ate missiHg, as are Mr. Morrison’s six horses. The police and Others liavb been investigating, but Mr. MorrisOii seems to have disappeared completely. Inquiries indicate that ho did not pass through the Tangarakail (Jorge to Ohuta after the fire, and a careful search of th? ruins has practically definitely established that he was nbt burned to death With his house. It seems that all the tools and farm equipment around the house had been collected, and apparently everything was burnt. Mrs. Mortlsoh is away at. present, and it is understood that she is at Napier. There were no childteh With Mt. Mornsoh. , The property on which the house is situated is about 18 miles behind Kohurar tahi. Twelve months ago the ■ previous house on the property was burned