GROWING DANCER
MAORI CHILDREN ON HORSEBACK KING STREET ACCIDENT \ An accident to a Maori child, Hemi Tutua, who fell from the horse; he was riding in King Stre.et draws further attention to> the growing clanger to motor traffic from this practice and indicates the urgent need, for Maori parents to exercise greater control .over the younger children in this rcspect Three children were concerned, in the accident, mentioned but only one came, to grief when his horse slipped on the bitumen, breaking his leg in two places.
The position is that with the reintroduction of the horse, Maori, children of 4, 5 and 6 years of age frequently ride bareback into town and proceed to canter their mounts at breakneck speed up and down the main streets, In many instances the children have sufficient sense to realise the danger of unshod hoofs on the. roadway and regularly gallop the full .length of the footpaths and grass side walks.
As pointed out the practice is .becoming a real menace to botli the traffic using the roads and, the
pedestrians.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 72, 14 May 1943, Page 4
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178GROWING DANCER Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 72, 14 May 1943, Page 4
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