THE KUROW TRAGEDY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2881, 9 May 1925, Page 2

THE KUROW TRAGEDY.

STILL SIIRoI'DED LX MYSTERY

Dunedin. Yesterday

-More than a fortnight lias pussed since the people of the nearby township to Kurow and Hakatara-ine.-i were shocked by the first tidings of the tragedy at Wharckuri, and up to the present there has neen no sign of Phillip Hudson, the \ouiig t uiversit \ student for whose a ires j a warrant has been issued on a charge of murdering Olive iiuiiiert ord, a girl of eighteen, who is alleged to have died from wounds caused by a rille shot, though it was lirsi supposed that the injuries were i-aiisi-d 1»\ the overturning of the motor-ear which went over the cliff .iml was sliatlereil.

Since, that puzzling happening of 22nd April, nothing lias been found which might pierce the mystery with which the entire tragedy is enshrouded. One general opinion in-re is that Hudson is dead. A vigilnin watch has been kept on the W'aitaki River, for it is thought that if the boil) is in the river it will be found, as it could not easily be earned to sea, since the river (which is obstructed by many small islands) is not high at present, it is stated, however, that others have been lost in the river, and it lias not always returned its dead. Si,me still hold the view that Hudson is aiive, but that does not seem likely. He has not been seen anywhere, neither has anyone called at any farmhouse for food, it is thought lie could hardly have lived in the open during the weather of ilie hist few days, during which 1 1 1 ere have been rain, hail, and t l ust, while the loftiest mountain ranges are hoary with snow.