AUCKLAND NEWS.
[Per Press Association^ \ AUCKLAND, Mabch 8. The skeleton of v man has been dis- \ covered at the sandhills near Port Waikatc \ by a settler named John Neil. The sand ' had shifted and exposed the skeleton. From the appearance of the bones it is con- , jectured that they have been there for , more than twenty years. The only cloth- ' ing found was a singlot. Deceased was about sft Sin in height, had dark hair, and the forehead was unusually wide. Twenty years ago a fisherman named John Wood was missed from Port Waikato, and a party went out for days in search of him, but was unsuccessful. It is possible that the remains may be those of the missing fisherman. Alt a meeting of the Auckland Board of Education to-day the Chairman, Mr S. Luke, stated that the public school at Coromandel was discovered to be on fire on Sunday. The fire was extinguished. Yesterday a letter was received from the School Committee stating there was no doubt that it was a case of incendiarism.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6123, 9 March 1898, Page 1
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176AUCKLAND NEWS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6123, 9 March 1898, Page 1
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