LITTLE GIRL CHOPS OFF FINGER
*•' /A - ' ‘ ' ’ ‘ r ' ' 5P ...... DHVNrr : WANT "DADL)y TO CO TO ;ti.vvar'iwlieh' M.E»Tlaues'“ niif^cfmi^Fiip l 4fifl'■» Rimrfkr 1 Mhtffi -.teasingljif ..Idur-yesir-bl^l; daughter tlfe otlur day. . \v£ ... .S. ;iV ; F: “Don’t,go iladidy,/’ kiihl.v. “Yes. 1 must go.” the father replied. “If you go I’ll chop mysell . the small girl threatened. “I’ll have to go”, replied lather, carrying the joke on. Small daughter thereupon went o>B- <■ ide to tlic chopping block, lifted the axe and chopped a finger off. to the consternation ol her lather and mother when sin* came hack inside andl showed them what she had done. 'lhc small stoic did not let out one whimper, either then or when her mother bandaged up the linger. District Nurse Ale Kay was summoned, and she brought tlic child to Dr. F. J. Applehv, when further treatment y.as given.—Whakatane Beaten.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 232, 11 September 1939, Page 3
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141LITTLE GIRL CHOPS OFF FINGER Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 232, 11 September 1939, Page 3
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