SPECIAL INQUIRY.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVIII, Issue 39, 3 October 1923, Page 565

SPECIAL INQUIRY.

Wanganui. lnquiries are to be made to establish the identity of a Man (name unknown) who was found drowned in the Wanganui River on the 24th June last. The body appeared to have been in the water about ten days. Description : Age about thirty-five, height about 5 ft. 3 in., medium build, fair hair going bald, high forehead, lightbrown or brownish-grey eyes, short thick straight nose, thick lips, square chin, about four upper front teeth missing, lower front teeth good, scar inside right knee; dressed in a white cotton shirt (size 2, with black stripes, “ Lichfield Duro Fadeless Fabric ” inside of neck), heavy cream Roslyn singlet, linen collar with tussore-silk covering outside (size 14|), silk tie with pink floral figures and shades relieved with white threads like spots, raised-cord-pattern “ Summit ” braces (narrow black stripe in centre and pink on edges). English brown-worsted machine-made coat and trousers (indistinct check, with faint gold and purple stripes), cashmere socks, black glace-kid boots (size 5, leather lining, American block toes, boot-protector on each toe, plate on outer edge of each heel), a white-silk handkerchief, and a khaki linen handkerchief. Any information regarding deceased is to be communicated to the Inspector of Police, Wanganui.