FOUND ON A DOORSTEP.
BABY IN A PAIiCFiL. About eight o'clock on Wednesday even- . Ing/the. matron of( the Wellington Receiv? ing Home in Tinakori Road on opening the front, door; discovered a parcel on the doorstep. , . Ah. .examination - reveakd a baby ,boy about a month old. The infant was.apparently well nourished, and warmly wrapped up. ■ Pinned;; to. the clothing was a .note from • the mother, which etated.'that-through' force of circumstances she had to confide the infant to the care of. the hoine,' She asked them to ,look after hiiii well, and: call, him ."Jack.": That- was all. Aiiiong the child's, clothing was a white .woollen 'shawl,' a- bonnet,. a' black sateen skirt, which had been : split -up the sides and used as ; a'wrap.'- ' The'police are prosecuting inquiries as to who the. mother is and her where-abouts.'.-In-the. meantime, the child is being well looked after.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 893, 12 August 1910, Page 5
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144FOUND ON A DOORSTEP. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 893, 12 August 1910, Page 5
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