GIRL SHOT.
GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Sent. 12. The police have received advice from the constable at Mokau of a shooting fatality, at Malicenui on Thursday. A party of Maoris, including children, were on a pig-hunting expedition, and while the party Avere resting a little boy picked up a gun and accidentally discharged it, killing a little girl named Kohi Parama, aged about six. An inquest has been ordered.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19240912.2.74
Bibliographic details
Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 September 1924, Page 9
Word Count
74GIRL SHOT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 September 1924, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hawera Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in