CASUALTIES
AN UNHAPPY LIFE MAN FOUND DEAD' WITH THROAT ■CUT. A Press Association telegram from Chrintchurch states that John Reid McLeod, a married man, about forty five years of age, was found dead yesterday at his home at Morivale with his throat cut. He had been living with his wife and daughter up to a fortnight ago, when they left, owing to his drinking habits. His wife had instituted proceedings for a judicial separation. •AN INFANT'S DEATH. According to a Press Association telegram, Rita Rebecca Thomas, aged four months, was found dead in bed by its mother yesterday morning at Christchurch. ■ At the inquest tho coroner returned a verdict that . tho child had been accidentally suffocated through being overlain, and added a rider that tho practice of mothers sleeping with infants was ■dangerous, and that a separate bassinet should bo provided.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10616, 15 June 1920, Page 5
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141CASUALTIES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10616, 15 June 1920, Page 5
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