THE UNWELCOME BABY.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR CHILD DESERTION.
Auckland, September 1
Late last Friday night an unknown person knocked at the door ot Mr David Morgan’s house at Te Aroha.
Mr Morgan’s wife answered the summons, when a bundle was suddehly thrust into her arms and the visitor immediately vanished into the night.
The bundle ou examination revealed an infant recently born, with a £1 note attached to its clothing.
The police were informed, and detectives set to work, with the result that a woman hailing from Wanganui was arrested to-day on suspicion of child desertion.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1038, 2 September 1911, Page 3
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96THE UNWELCOME BABY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1038, 2 September 1911, Page 3
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