SKULLS IN GARDEN.
discovery at whangarei. (Per Press Association.) WHAiNGAItEI, August 2. While digging in the garden of his home at 2 Zealandia Street, yesterday, Mr Desmond Wood dug up two skulls. The police were called in, and as a. result of further digging operations a few more bones were uneai thed. These included a section of a jaw with the teeth attached. The bones are thought to he of considerable ago, possibly up to 100 years. Mr E. J. Wood thinks that one cf the skulls differs in the shape of the forehead from Maori skulls. He previously examined one skull, broken in a way which looked as though a bullet had passed through it. The police are making further inquiries.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 250, 3 August 1937, Page 3
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122SKULLS IN GARDEN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 250, 3 August 1937, Page 3
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