UNKNOWN CHILD
•Because of the state of decomposition in the body of the newly-born female child that was found in a sack on The Terrace, near the intersection of Ghuznee Street, on January 11, the Coroner (Mr. E. Gilbertson, J.P.) was unatye to ascertain the cause of^death at the Linquest today. Dr.' P. P. Lynch, consultant pathologist at the Wellington Public Hospital, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, said the child had lived, but had died soon after birth. Over the frontal region of the skull, particularly on the right side, there was extensive bruising in and beneath the tissues of the scalp. That might have been caused accidentally, or by a blow. The state of the body was such that he could not form an opinion on the cause of death. Detective W. R. Murray said exhaustive inquiries in the neighbourhood, and of hospitals and doctors, had failed to disclose the identity of the child.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 3
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158UNKNOWN CHILD Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1936, Page 3
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