KAIPARA MYSTERY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1626, 18 December 1912, Page 8

KAIPARA MYSTERY.

STILL-UNSOLVED. ...WHEEE IS. MR. 'dUFAURP r (By iTeleeraph.'-Prcsa Association.) ■ .•!..•'•':?'i■ i :''*. • Auckland,' December 17.' No further; light;'has been thrown on tho .'mysterious s '-disappearance of Mr. David- Dnfaur,,\the : bank clerk who. was found to be';' missing "after tho.. fatal accident that overtook.his friend, Mr. Samuel Henry,payers, ~on . Saturday night, near' Pahi,'.'otf ;Kaipara. 'Harbour. Further particulars in connection with the affair:indicate tha'ti.the.two men rodo over fcpm Paparoa to Saturday afternoon, and left on the return- journey at 8.43...Mr. Dufaur was a particularly' good horseman, but Mr. Sayerswas only •Joarning to' ride, and was warned -by- Mr. Skelton that, he" should avoid'fast 7 riding. A few minutes after their' departure from the '. hotel, -the • galloping-■ of -horses was heard along 'theTro'ad leading'towards ■Paparoa,''buV it- was/not, until Sunday morning; -that' it became known that an accident'had happened. Tho body of Mr. Say4"rs';"vras then found by- Mr. -Skelton, lyihg''6iuth6;side'of.tliorcad. Mr. Sayers's neck was ! 'broken,' and'his sweater -was torn open-at! the" front, indicating ;the. possibiiity ,, pf': someone'having examined tho body. "'■''-.'!''''■-' A -• The .facf'tnat: Mr. Diifnur'g keys were found nearby'.'om tho -wharf is'tho only reason for assuming!', that he.': committed suicide' by''iuniping into'.the water. All his books', at'-tho': bank are in good order. '■Both'TOCH'w&e' stated.'.to., bo .perfectly uobur when-rthey-. left- the Palii Hotel.- - Mr.---'Sayers-.w.a5..0n1y.:;33 years of, age.. He was wifo andtwo yomjg children to come. out from the. Old Country to join him, and it is understood that they are'now on their way to New Zealand.- He. had,; only., been, m tho Dominion about six months. He was'/ a "•''-■ '/ ;: '-' ; - : ". '■'