THE OAMARU TRAGEDY
SEARCH FOR MURDERER CONTINUES. By Teletrranh—Press Association. . WELLINGTON, Thursday. Tiie Minister of Justice states that every effort is being made to find the man suspected of the murder at Gemmell's Crossing, near Oamaru. The police authorities are confident that if the fugitive is alive he will be found. A big seaich party has been out in the localitv. hut it was very difficult country, denselv covered with gorse and scrub for miles A large area of gorse has been burned off, but this clearing operation has ben interrupted by rain. There are deep pools in this rugged country, and one of the theories was that the man had disappeared into one of these pools.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13750, 25 April 1918, Page 5
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