Three Of Four Maori Bodies Recovered
AUCKLAND, May 1. "• The bodies of three of . the four Maoris who were missing after thei dinghy had been swamped in Taurang." Harbour on Friday evening, have beer recovered. They were among the partv of eight Maoris who were attempting to cross the harbour from the town vharf to the aerodrome wharf on the Mt. Maunganui side of the harbour. T'he search for the fourth victim udll be eontinued.t The three bodies that have been recovered are those of Rangi Gear, aged 40, labourer; Tom MeMillan, aged 35, farm labourer, and Mick Ririnui, aged 38, labourer. Matthew Dixon, aged 56, farm labourer,- is sjtili missing. 1 1
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1949, Page 5
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