"The military inquiry into the circumstances of the disappearance of Private George Mould was concluded today. Evidence was read of Captain Cameron of the Maori, who said he had no direct knowledge of Mould's disappearance. No report of it was made to him during the trip. The evidence of Mr. Munn, the Maori’s purser, was also read. He also said no report was made to him on the nights of the 3rd and 4th of February that Mould had jumped overboard. The only new witness was John Campbell McGill, a returned soldier. He said that he and Mould were in the same cabin. Witness, after turning in, did not see Mould again. He reported the disappearance in the morning. The court, after retirement, found that Mould disappeared during the voyage of the Maori; that at the time he was physically and morally capable of locking after himself, and that no officer. non-com., or soldier was directly or indirectly guilty of neglect of duty. In the evidence of the captain and purser of the Maori the disappearance of Burns on the previous trip was referred to as having been reported, and each of these witnesses spoke of him as a boy named J. Burns. The previous initial mentioned at the inquiry was B. Burns.

[Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16412, 10 April 1919, Page 3]