PIECE OF SKULL AT PIHA.

Western Star, 10 March 1939, Page 3

PIECE OF SKULL AT PIHA.

BOTH JAWS MISSING

GOLD SIGNET MNG FOUND,

NO HINT OF FINDINGS OF DOCTORS. -

AUCKLAND,- March 8. U'« ‘“f d “IJ" I *,.”™ theories surrouncmg burned February 12 in{o , matl0 n / to the ground, emeige lower jaws that -bbth the uPPer < of sk „n , W ere missing hem t 1 hcs . This found buried ariumg k it move criffact is considered to u-ike ficult to identify the au Austraof Gordon Bobert, perished lian, who is believed to 1 in the fire. t the dentist No teeth were lou ™;,/ fl . om McKay’s who extracted nine tee I t five tow« jaw porcelain teeth said today that the r artificia. in „ I 0 7;,S tb. in denture would h.uo w« tense heat of a creni ijnj- „ It reported m sonl ters that if J^ay» ' JT^is Gilmour, 6 Pathologist and dentist, should he able to i y The difficulty is . that both h - missing. All the police found was • Son of bony sttocuno that «£»■»* been either » section ol back 01 i on %e skull. In the cavity was some material not yet positively ldell £ fied \ Jle It has also been reported that while the 'police were searching the rmps 0,. the bach they unearthed , a gold sign ‘ 'believed to be the property of Mc - Kay. However, inquiries today suggested that while the ring was found, m intrinsic and evidential value were prac tically worthless. The Ting was founu among ashes. _ Some, faint scratches m. its surface may or may'not have been someone’s initials. No hint, as .to the findings of Dr • moiir and' Mr Kenneth MacCormicK, who are associated in -the examination of the remains, has yet been, given to the Auckland police.