FALL INTO HOT POOL
Maori Child Drowned By 'Telegraph—Press Association. ROTORUA, March 21. An 18-month-old Maori child. Ilona Hetekia Waaka, was drowned by falling into a hot pool in Whakarewarewa late yesterday afternoon. The accident was not reported to the police lill today. The mother of the child left it playing in the house while she was absent for about a quarter of an hour, and on her return found the child had disappeared. Upon making a search she found the child had fallen into a pool near the house. The pool was about 2ft. deep and was used for washing clothes by the Natives in the vicinity. The child was dead when discovered.
A verdict of accidental death by drowning was returned by the coroner, Mr. W. L. Richards, fit an inquest held today.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 151, 22 March 1939, Page 12
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135FALL INTO HOT POOL Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 151, 22 March 1939, Page 12
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