HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.
(From Our Special Correspondent.) ■ .• —« An _ inquest concerning the death of Arumlell. Harry Smith's infant sdu, aged nine months, was conducted by Dr. M'Arthur, district coroner," at Lower Hutt on. Monday afternoon. Gilbert Haywood Minims,. medical practitioner, deposed that ho was called in on Sunday a.couple of hours after the child's death, and after a. careful examination formed the opinion that death was due to intestinal obstruction. The symp- . Toms apparently had lasted over a week Arundsll Harry Smith, father of the deceased, said Uwt the child had been taken to a doctor a few weeks ago, awl so far as lie was aware, it. was only a case of teething. Evidence was also given bv Sarah Dixon, housekeeper to Ml'. Smith", and a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony was returned. As tile outcome-of complaints in regard to Petone gas, the Borough Council aro negotiating for the purchase o£;two purifiers far the gasworks. The matter will be discussed in detail at next Monday night's meeting.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 3
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170HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 3
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