BODIES OF THREE MISSING MAORIS RECOVERED
AUCKLAND. Last Night (P.A.)— The bodies of three of the four Maoris who were missing after their dinghy had been swamped in the Tauranga harbour on Friday evening have been recovered. They were among a party of eight Maoris who were attempting to cross the harbour from the town wharf to the aerodrome wharf on the Mt. Maunganui side of the harbour. A search tor the fourth victim will be continued. The three bodies that have been recovered are those of Rangi Gear, aged 40, labourer; Tom McMillan, aged
35, farm labourer; and Mick Ririnui, aged 38, labourer. Matthew Dixon, aged 56, farm labourer, is still missing.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 2 May 1949, Page 5
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