CHILD KILLED AT TAUPO
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Ran Across Road in Front oi Cfir PINNED BY WHEELS
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TAuirv/^ iiSrBt aN Igllb. A fathl accident oCcurred in Taupo thifc ihorning When Eobert Shuker, four-ybAf-old rsoa of Mr. Alfred -Shuker, a PflbliO WOrkS employee, was run ovqr by a cat when ron his way to the Taupo Seheol With his thre'e Older brothers. A nflmbeV of Chiidren were sfanding ! by a St'atioflary tiactor and road-planer ! in Tamamutu street When a car driveii by Mr. ihaur'ie Couper approached. Wlibfl the car WAs flear the road macMn'ery thb decCased ran acrOes the road ia front of the car to retrieve a b'alL The 'driVer endeavotired to avoic! the Child And, after the brakes WCre fully and effectively Applied, the car skidded And the boy WaS kflocked down aad jtom'e'od uflder One Of the front wheels. He Was immediately rushed to the residehce bf Dr. J. Scaife Armstrong, bufc it was ap'parent that Eib ifljuries Were Serious afld he succumhed at 11 a-.m-., two and a-ha!f hours of ter the accident,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 5
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