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Masterton, June 24. At the inquest on Hugh Welch, drowned in the Ruamahanga River on Sunday, the jury returned a verdict of found drowned. Wkeungton, June 25. A deputation from Wellington Acclimatisation Society waited on the Minister for Justice to-day and urged them to give instructions to the police to assist rangers in pnting a check upon the wanton destruction of native and imported game, and to the growing practice of dynamiting fish in the rivers. Mr McGowan said he was in sympathy with the request of the Society, but there was the public view of the matter which must not be lost sight of. They did not want anything like the game laws of the Old Country. However, he promised the deputation he would go into the whole matter and see what could be done. Wanganui, June 24.
A double drowning fatality was averted this afternoon. A nine-year-old boy fell into the river, and Mr E. O’Neill went to his rescue. He could not swim, and though he grasped the boy both were in danger of drowning when a man named John Braid dived into the water and rescued them.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 27 June 1907, Page 3
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192TELEGRAPHIC. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 27 June 1907, Page 3
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