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KEEN POLICE INQUIRY

TAMAKI RIVER MYSTERY CLUES TO IDENTITY OF WOMAN. MAORI GIRL’S RELATIVES SOUGHT. DOMINION-WIDE INVESTIGATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. With few clues at their disposal, the Auckland detectives assigned to the Panmure enigma are intent on a full inquiry into reports of missing women, and efforts in this connection are extending throughout New Zealand. The seriousness with which the police regard the mystery and their eagerness to obtain fresh information were apparent to-night when it was suggested to the investigators that the movements of a young half-caste Maori girl from Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, should be traced. The girl last visited her parents at Te Puke at Christmas, and she returned to Auckland, where she was in employment. Although' her parents are stated not to have heard from their daughter for several months, they felt no anxiety as the girl has relatives at Auckland. But the occurrence of the Panmure mystery has prompted inquiry, and the police no doubt will' receive similar suggestions concerning young women. Auckland detectives commenced the task to-night ot seeking the relatives of the Maori girl living in the city. So far no definite results have been obtained from the further examination of records of missing persons at Auckland, apart from the suggested inquiry concerning the Te Puke girl. There had previously been several reports, on the file .regarding missing Maori girls, but no agreement with the Panmure case has be</n discovered. The woman whose body was recovered from the Tamaki River as a result of examinations up to now has been classed merely as “probably a European.” Activity in southern centres in tracing the movements of missing women is expected, and the authorities will be faced with a considerable task in the assembly of data concerning missing persons and in comparing particulars in the hope of establishing the identity of the dead woman.

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Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1935, Page 4

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KEEN POLICE INQUIRY Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1935, Page 4

KEEN POLICE INQUIRY Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1935, Page 4