ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
DEATH OF A CHILD. An inquiry into (ho circumstances surrounding tlio dontli of a Maori child nnm- , ~ , n P?r a Mohopn, aged 13 m&ntlis, was held by .pr, 51' Arthur, S.SI„ yesterdny, . f!'l® evidenqo toiifled to show •that the child tool; ill at. Wnikanno on Friday last, and tlio parents tli«i took it lo'Otn'ki for medical attention. A -chemist directed them to lint liot clothes about the child's body, which they did. Later the child was taken to Pofiruti., where. Dr. llnssall, aftor txamining it, informed the parents that it was suffering froni n rupture. The doctor tftvo directions that it should be taken to the Wellington Hospital, but wlion tho train arrived nt Johnsonvillo at 7.15 p.m. on Sunday the child died in its mother's; iirms.
A verdict was returned to tlio eJFeot that (lentil wns duo to natural causcs.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1589, 5 November 1912, Page 10
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144ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1589, 5 November 1912, Page 10
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