MAN MISSING
LAST SEEN ON THURSDAY CLOTHES FOUND ON BEACH Missing since Thursday, fears are entertained for the whereabouts of Mr. Charles Leaning Welch, a well-known farmer, residing at Glenfield Road, Birkenhead. M J- Welch, who is a single man, aged 47 years, was last seen in the township on Thursday morning, where he cashed two cheques. Later that day people noticed some clothes in a heap on the foreshore, near the Birkenhead wharf, but as a number of people swim there no importance was attached to this. Yesterday a partv or yachtsmen came across the clothing at mid-day, and reported the matter to the police. Investigations were made, and it ZT w C ? r Jf- ine 2 that the - v belonged to - Ch ’ whom no one had seen fn n tha T V U^f day ' Two receipts found clothes were the only means of identity. Ao money was found. A companion with whom the missmg man went to the pictures in AuckV Jl cl ° n . . Wednesday. states that a f ? r the last time that *.. -^ e had made no complaint of feeling unwell. The police have been making a ?"" gh search, and dragging operations commenced this morning.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 252, 14 January 1928, Page 26
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198MAN MISSING Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 252, 14 January 1928, Page 26
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