A Clergyman Missing

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1156, 28 November 1904, Page 3

A Clergyman Missing

Supposed Drowning

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wkstpoiit, this day Tub Rov. Mr. Goldsmith, Anglican minis, ter at Granity, has boon missing since last Thursday, A search party was out all yesterday without finding any trace of him, It is feared that ho got into tho surf and was drowned. Mr. Goldsmith was last seen on Thursday morning about ten o'clock, Whon he did not appear at ohurch yesterday morning several of the congregation, imagining he had perhaps made a mistake in his service and gone to Charleston to hold service there, rang up the Rov. Mr. Dart, who immediately mado inquiries, and ascertained that, Mr Goldsmith hnd not been aeon at Weslport or Charleston, A visit was (lion mado to his house, and his watch and bicycle were found thero, It is surmised that he went for a bathe on the benob and was carried out to sea by tho current, Mr Goldsmith arrived in this district in January list from Napier, where his parents live. His mother has just suffered a stroke of paralysis. Laier Tho search for tho Rev. Mr Goldsmith has 60 far been unavailing, It is suggos* ted that ho may be lost in tho bush, as ho was an enthusiastic botanist.