TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
• United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph, Invkecargill, .Tune 28 An inquest was held at Dipton, on the body of an infant found buried m a garden. The evidence showed the child was still born, and tbat the parents of the mother, a single girl, were not aware they were breaking the law. A verdict was returned that there was not the slightest suspicion of any unlawful means having been resorted to bring about the result. Auckland, June 28 A Maori girl named Mere Ihaka, 15 years of age, was buried alive at Ahipara. She went fco sleep m a cave dug out of a sand bank, and her dead body was dug out by the natives. Wellington, June 28 An inquest was held at Otaki on the death of Dorothy Drake, aged 7£ years, ■when a verdict was returned that death was due to a shock, the result of a severe whipping administered by the deceased's mother. The mother Harriet Drake, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter and remanded.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 5697, 28 June 1902, Page 3
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171TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 5697, 28 June 1902, Page 3
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