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A REMARKABLE CASE.

BOY KIDNAPPED FROM A HOSPITAL.

[By Telegraph—Fress Association.] CHRISTCHuioH, Last Night. A boy five years and a half of age, son of Charles TalDot, of Walton Street, Sydenham, who, on the 2nd inst. was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Bottle Lake, suffering from scarlet fever, managed either to escape or to be decoyed away from the institution on Monday, the 13th inst. The parents of tjie boy state that the little fellowarrived home on Monday evening last, having, according to his own statement, walked to town and then got a lift in a cart to Sydenham. The matron at the 'Bottle Lake Hospital, on the other hand, alleges that the boy was allured away, either by his parents or someone acting for them. On Dr Finch, District Health Officer, being seen, by a reporter, and asked for information regarding, the case, he stated that the position was that if the child was not returned to the Bottle Lake Hospital by noon to-day the machinery of the law was to take effect. An order has been issued under the Public Health Act, calling upon the parents to place the child in the Hospital. If this was not complied with, action would be taken under sub-section D of Section 33 of th> Public Health Act, which provides that "every person who wilfully disobeys an order, or in any way obstructs or delays th 6 prompt execution thereof, is liable to a iine not exceeding £10." Dr Finch added that everything possible was done to persuade the parents to allow the child to go to the hospital, and they were told that by so doing, whatever complaints they had against the institution would not be prejudiced. On the reporter visiting the parents' home shortly after noon to-day, he found that the child had not been returned to the hospital, and the parents stated they had no intention of sending it back, though they were quite willing to have it kept apart.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10194, 22 March 1911, Page 6

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333

A REMARKABLE CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10194, 22 March 1911, Page 6

A REMARKABLE CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10194, 22 March 1911, Page 6

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