Missing Friends.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 23, 1 December 1874, Page 170

Missing Friends.

Wanted ’ the whereabouts of 'Timothy "McCarthy/ Irish, about 36 years,- about sft. llin., 1 slight' build, dark brown hair- and whiskers, a miner and bushman; very fond of drink; 1 was in Christchurch about three years 'ago, and would probably' be known to persons who resided at Hokitika from 1866 to 1870. -■; djiy un.-er i\n no ■

Wanted the whereabouts of Matthew Smith, aged 7 27 ' years, ; sft. lin., > stout f build, fresh freckled complexion, - blue > eyes,; dark 6 hair, no hair on face, a baker,. native of Scotland ; probably engaged cooking on some station at present. Previous to' Christchurch races he ( cooked for Mr.. Devery, who had a contract for. ploughing Mr. ■ Holme’s run at u the Rakaia.

Information ; ■ is * requested ■io respecting William Morgan Harries, who arrived in the year 1851, at Nelson, New Zealand, -'.where he married, and his wife had two sons ; but shortly after 7 the * birth -of -the' second' child she died. He subsequently went to Taranaki, where he again married; there was no issue by his second wife. He deserted her about eight -or twelve years ago at Taranaki/ and went to •■.Australia., His last letter to his friends in England was dated the 3rd ; ebruary, 1860, from Nelson.

Wanted the .whereabouts- of James Anderson n Scotch; 1 labourer;, sft. 7 ■ or Sin stout build h fresh 1 complexion, sandy hair, heard,, and I moustache ; * dressed .when last ; seem m light•-tweed coat, rr trousers, f and. .vest,,and black billycock hat, woo ( was r arrest, d tor beino- . drunk on the railway premises at Ashburton, on the 23rd - October, < 1874, ‘ and liberated »upon bail': to appear *. before the Ashburton .Bench on ~t e 29th October, ■which he has failed to do. J Tinhorn