GRIM DISCOVERY
CASE CONTAINING 100 BKULLS IN A SYDNEY STORE SYDNEY, May 7 A grim discovery was made in the Grafton Bond Store. In Kent Street, j Sydney, to-day, when a zinc-lined case containing 100 skulls was uncovered by the manager and employees during a clean-up of the store. The case had lain in the store for more than 30 years awaiting a claimant. but no record of its ownership or method of arrival can be traced. All the skulls, which are believed to be of Pacific islanders, are in a good state of preservation, especially the teeth, which in all cases are nearly perfect.
CLAIMED BY A DOCTOR NEW GUINEA AND POLYNESIA United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright Received May 9. 11 a.m.) SYDNEY. May 9. Doctor J. Frederick Watson, of Canberra. has claimed ownership of the skulls. He believes that they are New Guinea and Polynesian skulls which were intended for him when he was studying medicine at the university and collecting skulls. His father and .uncle owned the store in which the skulls were found-
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20493, 9 May 1938, Page 7
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177GRIM DISCOVERY Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20493, 9 May 1938, Page 7
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