A MISSING SETTLER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10449, 1 May 1912, Page 1

A MISSING SETTLER.

CLAIRVOYANT'S AID SOUGHT. [From Our Corrispondent.] , WELLINGTON. April 30. Since April 6. when he left home with dogs and gun, Mr Stanley Beattie, of Manakau, has not been seen. His dogs have come home, and some signs of him have been picked, up in. the wild country at the foot of the Tararua pange. Now ? as a last resort, a friend of the missing man has consulted a clairvoyant, who .furnished the following- statement:— " The collar I hold in my hand is that of a missing man with initials S.B. When I think a creepy feeling comes over me. Oh 1 he has received a knock on the head. He has met with an accident and has injured his right shoulder and arm. He wants to lift his head but cannot. He is lying by a bare tree near running water. Searchers have looked for him and have failed. He has a gun and two dogs with him, one of which has met with an accident, having broken its leg. Two other dogs have left him. The man has had a fire, and nearby I see a handkerchief or a piece of cloth on a tree. Ho is dead. Searchers should go further north. I can see something like a man under a bridge. The place is damp, and is covered with fern and grass. He has money in his pocket." This report is treated seriously by many peoole, and £2O has been raised towards the expenses of a search party equipped to-explore tho vicinity of Mount Crawford.