BOY DROWNED
POOL IN DOMAIN (By Telegraph.—Press Association) DARGAVILLE, Tuesday An 11-year-old Maori boy, Bennh Repia, a son of Mr Jack Repia, who could not swim, entered a pool in the Aratapu Domain about 4.30 p m yesterday. He got out of his depth and was drowned. The police opened the floodgate and emptied the pool to recover the body. At an inquest before the coroner, Mr J. A. McLean, a verdict of accidental death due to drowning was returned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21361, 4 March 1941, Page 6
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80BOY DROWNED Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21361, 4 March 1941, Page 6
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