AWAPUNI MYSTERY
TEN-YEAR-OLD SKELETON TEETH MAY LEAD TO IDENTIFICATION Press Association. PALMERSTON N., To-day. Mystery but no suspicion surrounds the discovery near Awapuni of the skeleton of a man. The bones are bare of flesh, and in the opinion of a medical man, have lain there for 10 years or more. Two pipes, one a “Challenger,” made in France, with the tip worn or filed off, were lying alongside the body. Identification may be possible through the teeth, four in the upper jaw being false. A bridge extends from the upper left central to the upper right cavine, the abutment teeth being of gold and dummies of porcelain. The man’s height was approximately' sft 6in. He was of small, slim build, aged 25 y'ears or more.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 1
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126AWAPUNI MYSTERY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 1
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