MISSING MAN

Hokitika Guardian, 21 April 1931, Page 6

MISSING MAN

FOUN I) UNCONSOIOI*B. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association) HASTINGS, April 20. Lying in an unconscious state about two miles south of Poukawa, .James Davis Goff, who h a d been missing from 200, Davis Street, Hastings, since 11.30 pOiOi on Friday last, was found by I\l* . Jjjonnld, Postmaster .{t Poukawa, shortly after eight o’clock on Sunday evening. Wlion found, Goff was clad only in a dressing gown, pyjamas and slippers. He was lying near the middle of the road in the vicinity of Silverstream bridge, and though there had l>een rain, his clothes were dry, indicating that he had not been lying there for very long. It, would seem that he ma v have been conveyed to the spot, or else, that lie had sheltered from the rain and continued his wanderings, only to collapse exhausted. Ho bore no marks that would indicate his having been knocked down by .ft vehicle. Considerable anxiety was iolt when it became known that G°ff was missing, as lie was only discharged: o-i Friday afternoon from the Hospital, where lie had been confined for some weeks as the result of injuries and concussion suffered through lulling from ' the root of a house into • the street, . ■ r'{. / Late to-night'. st‘ was reported that he had recovered consciousness, lint that no statement'"lias yet been liiadp hv him.