Juvenile Precocity.
A' number of youngsters, whose ages are represented to be from eight to fourteen^ paid a visit to Mr W. Little's slaughter»yard on Saturday last, says a Southern exchange of May 18th, and proceeded to hte.t their m the butchering Hue on some '|«'gs which they found thereJ Armed with knives, , the youngsters attacked the pigs by an attempt at alnatefir harpooning, until the^port became bo •exciting tnat they evidently overlooked the consequences ot theif cruel' pastime. One ; liig ' rfuc;ccmbed to the' s wounds it received, and the others were bo mutilated '> that they had to be killed to prevent further loss. fit is probable that the action of the lads 1 would not have been known had not one 'of their number turned informer. : v . • ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 152, 5 June 1883, Page 3
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128Juvenile Precocity. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 152, 5 June 1883, Page 3
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