ATE RABBIT POISON
DEATH OE TWO -MAORI CHILDREN.
AUCKLAND, Dec.' 26
Two young Maori children were found dead in bed at a pa near Tauwliare this morning, having apparently eaten poison. The children were Wera Wora, a girl aged 14 years, and Jack Kara, a boy aged six years. The adult Natives of the pa, which is situated between I'eiicourt and lauvbaie, went to another pa at Tamvlmre lest evening to attend a wedding feast, and the two children were left behind by themselves. When the adults went to call the children this morning they were deadyOn a shelf in the room was a tin containing poison, which bad been used for destroying rabbits. Dr. Todd, of Cambridge, examined the bodies and expressed the opinion that they had died as the result of eating some of tlie poison.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1929, Page 6
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