OAMARU.
Friday.
About a fortnight ago some men saw a man walking about one of the Islands in the Waitaki, and gave information to the police. Constables were sent both from here and the Waimate, but they could not find the man, and nothing more was heard of the matter till Tuesday last, when two Maoris discovered the dead body of a man lying on an .island just below where the man had been seen previously. Yesterday morning the constable sent out found the body lying near the water. It was the corpse of a man of middle size, with dark tweed trousers, and elastic-side boots, with a singlet, the latter drawn up from the body and enveloping the head. The body was much decomposed, and the face so decayed as to be unrecognisable. It would appear that deceased tried to swim from the island, and was drowned, and washed up where found. As to how he got to the first island, it is conjectured that he tried $p cross the river in a moki, and being unable to cross, managed to reach the island. After careful inquiry, it cannot be found that anyone is missing from any of the stations or any jilace in the neighbourhood.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2563, 24 March 1877, Page 2
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207OAMARU. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2563, 24 March 1877, Page 2
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