TWO MAORI CHILDREN DIE FROM POISONING.
Hamilton, December 26
Two young Maori children were found dead in bed at a pa near Tuawhare ithis morning, having apparently eaten poison. The children were:—
Wera Wera, a girl, aged 14 years. Jack Kara, a boy, aged six years.
The adult natives of the pa, which is situated between Fencouri and Tainvhare, went to another pa at Tauwhare last evening, to attend a wedding fenstf and the two children -were left behind by themselves. When, the adults went to call the children this morning they were dead. On a shelf in the room was a (in containing poison, which had been used for destroying rabbits. Dr. Todd, of Cambridge, examined the bodies to-day, and expressed the opinion that they had died as a result of consuming some of the poison,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 400434, 28 December 1929, Page 2
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137TWO MAORI CHILDREN DIE FROM POISONING. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 400434, 28 December 1929, Page 2
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