CHILD’S BODY FOUND
I , LI , WASHED UP ON BEACH . j The body of a full-born male child ,j which had been washed u_> on the | beach about 200yds. south of the Tu■j taekuri River mouth was found bv a Hastings resident on Sunday. A post- "! mortem examination performed by ■ | Or. G. E. Waterworth showed that the -j child was of European parentage, .j Death was apparently due to drownt ing and the body is thought to have I been in the water at least three weeks. An inquest opened in Naoier before jj the district coroner, Mr. Miller, was ! adjourned after evidence of the find- ’! ing of the body had been given by | Detective K. W. Mills, who with 2 i Constable Murray, Clive, made an 1 | examination at the scene of the dis- [ covery.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 28 November 1939, Page 12
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135CHILD’S BODY FOUND Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 28 November 1939, Page 12
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