MISSED FROM STEAMER

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 10

MISSED FROM STEAMER

DISAPPEARANCE OF HOKSE

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(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.1 . William Charles Hastings, a jockey, informed the Onehunga police this morning, on arrival from New Plymouth, that his employer, Charles W. Coleman, had been missing from the steamer since 5 o'clock. A diligent search had been made, but no trace of the missing man had been found up to the arrival of the boat at 8.30. Hastings and Coleman occupied the same cabin. The latter woke Hastings at 2 o'clock to get some aspros from the steward, who later found some, and Coleman slept until 5i o'clock, when the night watchman saw him going on deck. . ,

The missing man was a popular Ellorslie trainer who turned out many winners. As a lad he was apprenticed to the late J. B. Williamson, but most of Mb riding was done in jumping races. His first two charges, Ornate and Discoverer, were useful sprinters. Other good horses Coleinan handled later were Landlock, Leolanter, and Apologue. The last-named, afterwards won the Melbourne Cup. His best jumpers were Paonui and Dingo, a good steeplechaser. Coleman leaves a widow.