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PROSPECTOR'S FATE, WOMAN COMPANION MISSING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) HOKITIKA. December 1. Christopher Pope, aged 30. a prospector, left Bruce Bay on November 5 to walk to Jackson's Bay, accompanied by a young woman. Kathleen Murphy. The body of Pope was found at the mouth of the Paringa River today, apparently drowned. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of the young woman and it is feared she met a similar fate.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1939, Page 6
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72FOUND DROWNED Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1939, Page 6
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