A GRUESOME FIND.
Christchurch, December 22. A resident of Brittain Street,
North Lin wood, made a gruesome find when digging in the domestic cabbage patch this morning. His spade struck against a hard obrfi ject, and on removing the soil cqncealing it a Uiuman skull was disi - covered, /(ster he had recovered " from the shock,.he pursued his ex- .. ploration, and unearthed the remains of what had been. a human
- being. Probably the remainsare ' those of a Native, as there was a - Maori settlement in that locality -^7some .yearsago. This is not the find skeleton' which has been found in the vicinity. The bones were then - taken possession ot by a constable and submitted to the coroner for instruction! as to their final disposition. Kfl;- . V*' '!■ r———■
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 444, 24 December 1908, Page 3
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126A GRUESOME FIND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 444, 24 December 1908, Page 3
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