CORRESPONDENCE
FINDING OF MAORI SKELETONS.
TO THE EDITOR. . Sir,—ln your issue of lGtli inst., I noticed ii local saying Mr Wilfred Badger had found a Slaori skeleton oil sand hills near Fitzray. On Saturday, Stli inst., I took a walk over the sand hills near the moutli ol the Waiwnkaiho river, and when, opposite Fitzroy, noticed a piece of a shawl and overcoat just above the surface of llie ground. With my stick T removed the sand, a*d found a complete skeleton ; also two iron rings with decayed wood attached, evidently remains of a coffin. Having found similar skeletons, and being acquainted with n dive burial places in Tarauaki, I covered up the remains aud intended to inform the Maoris at Kaiterc of the fad, so tliey could g» aud bury the skeleton. Yesterday my brother and self paid a visit ta the spot, and found someone had bscn there and completed the necessary work.—l am, etc., B. WELIS.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8087, 18 April 1906, Page 3
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159CORRESPONDENCE FINDING OF MAORI SKELETONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8087, 18 April 1906, Page 3
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