MAKAKAHI TRAGEDY.
BOY DROWNED IN RIVER. FATHER FORCED TO LET GO. (By Telegraph".—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Harold EL-more (17). residing with liis parents at Newman, was drowned in the Makakahi Kiver yesterday afternoon. \\ hiie wading lie slipped off a ledge into a hole twelve feet deep. He could not swim. His father ru-died to his assistance but could not retain a hold on account of his ■son's struggles, and the boy =ank. The body was recovered half an hour later, but efforts at resuscitation were fruit-
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 25, 31 January 1927, Page 5
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