INQUEST.
Palmerston North. —On Ist instant the body of a man, name unknown, was found in the Manawatu River at Foxton Heads, and cannot be identified. It was in an advanced stage of decomposition, and had probably been in the water a month. Description : Age about thirty-five, height 5 ft. 9in., brown hair inclined to be ginger (cut short except small tuft in front), heavy ginger moustache, two teeth in front upper jaw broken and decayed, medium to stout build, probably a labourer ; dressed in greenish-tweed trousers and vest, soft tennis-shirt, blueish tie, heavy woollen underpants and singlet, light lace-up boots (half-soled), heavy brown woollen socks, bad no coat on; large silver open-faced Waltham watch, No. 1254205, maker Wm. Ellery, stopped at 10.50, following numerals on inside case probably made by watchmakers repairing or cleaning watch,
1426, ~ M , A.M. 451, M. 27584, H. 62000, 81; silver oldfashioned snake-pattern chain worn from watch-pocket to button-hole, watch-key secured to watch-guard ; also in pocket two narrow piece of bone about 2 in. long.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 50, 20 December 1911, Page 592
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170INQUEST. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 50, 20 December 1911, Page 592
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