CHILD DROWNED.
BODY FOUND IN WELL.
PREVIOUS FRUITLESS SEARCH.
After a widespread search by Iris mother and neighbours, Robert David Gulland, aged four, soil of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gulliind, of Clevedon Road, Papatoetoe, was found drowned in a well in the gsrr'en at his home, late yesterday afternoon. The child had left home for a neighbour's house at 11 a.m., and when he did not return for lunch, his mother became alarmed and began a search. No trace of him was found until Mr. Gulland returned from work about 5 p.m., when the body was found in about 4ft of water in the well, which had been only recently dug. Dr. J. J. Valentine, of Papatoetoi?, who was called, found that life had been extinct for some hours. An inq-nest'Was-opencd at "Papatoetoc to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 240, 10 October 1934, Page 8
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134CHILD DROWNED. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 240, 10 October 1934, Page 8
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